Chemistry, asked by anku28207, 4 months ago

convert benzaldehyde into 3- nitrobenzaldehyde

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Answered by yooo16

Explanation:

The benzaldehyde undergoes electrophilic substitution reaction to add a group at meta - position because, -CHO group is a meta directing group and has highest electron density at m-position and so it attracts the electrophiles to attach at the position.

So, upon nitration with HNO3 and H2SO4 mixture, the benzaldehyde yields m-nitrobenzaldehyde as:

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