Benzoic acid when undergoes nitration is present of conc. HNO3 with conc. H4SO4, it gives ______ as the major product??
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Sulfuric Acid Activation of Nitric Acid
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electrophile during the reaction
Nitration in the benzene ring is an electrophilic substitution reaction, and the electrophile involved here is the nitronium ion, NO
2
+
.
H
2
SO
4
being a stronger acid than HNO
3
facilitates easy generation of NO
2
+
by protonating the latter.
H
2
SO
4
+HNO
3
⟶NO
2
+
+HSO
4
−
+H
2
O
Explanation:
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