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Why is the reduction of nitro compounds with Fe scrap and HCl preferred over Sn/HCl?

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Because $FeCl_2$ formed gets hydrolysed to release $HCl$ during the reaction. Thus, only a small amount of $HCl$ is required to initiate the reaction

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