Benzencdiazonium chloride

Prepare a solution of benzencdiazonium chloride from 20 ml, (20 5 g.) of aniline precisely as in the preparation of chlorobenzene (p. 189), i.e, by dissolving the aniline in a mixture of 50 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid and 50 ml. of water, cooling to 5°, and then cautiously adding a solution of 17 g. of sodium nitrite in 40 ml. of water to the well-cooled and stirred aniline hydrochloride solution so that the temperature of the mixture remains between 5° and 10°. 

The stirring must be very uniform and vigorous during the addition of the benzencdiazonium chloride solution to the... 

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