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Amine that cannot be prepared by Gabriel – phthalimide synthesis is.
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A
only pure
amines can be prepared by Gabriel synthesis. aniline can not be prepared by this method because aryl halides
or
do not undergo nucleophilic substitution (ie., cleavage of C-X bond in haloarene is quite difficult) with potassium phthalimide under ordinary condition to given N-phenyl phthalimide.

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