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here is some properties of reagents in organic chemistry .......hope its useful.....

Name of Reagent	Conditions	Example of its Use
K₂Cr₂O₇ with conc. H₂SO₄	Warm gently	Oxidising agent, used commonly for oxidising secondary alcohols to ketones.
Excess conc. H₂SO₄	heat to 170 C	Dehydrating agent, used to dehydrate alcohols to alkenes.
Cl₂(g)	Ultra Violet light	Free radical reaction, used to convert alkanes to haloalkanes.
Br₂ in CCl₄	Room temperature, in the dark	Electrophilic addition, converts alkenes to dihaloalkanes.
H₂(g)	Nickel catalyst, 300 C and 30 atmospheres pressure	Hydrogenating agent, used to convert benzene to cylcohexane.
H₂(g)	Nickel catalyst, 150 C	Reducing agent, used to convert alkenes to alkanes
Tin in hydrochloric acid	Reflux	Reducing agent for converting nitrobenzene to phenylamine.
Acidified KMNO4	Room temperature	Oxidising agent, converts alkenes to diols.
NaOH in ethanol	Reflux	Elimination reaction, converts haloalkanes to alkenes.
Aqueous NaOH	Reflux	Nucleophilic substitution, converts haloalkanes to alcohols.
Mg in dry ether	Reflux	Used to make grignard reagents with haloalkanes.
PCl₅	Room temperature	Chlorinating agent, reacts with OH group in alcohols and carboxyllic acids
HNO₃ and H₂SO₄	55 C	Adds NO₂ group onto benzene ring.
Cl₂ and AlCl₃	Warm gently	Adds Cl group onto benzene ring.
CH₃CH₂Cl and AlCl₃	Warm gently	Adds CH₃CH₂group onto benzene ring.
HCl and NaNO₂	Below 5 C	Forms diazonium salts with phenylamine.

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