How are the following conversions carried out benzene to nitrobenzene
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Benzene is heated with nitrating mixture to form nitrobenzene and is known as nitration.Mechanism is given below
Mechanism involves 2 steps
1.Attack of nitronium ion on the benzene ring to form arenium ion
2.arenium ion loses peoton to form nitro benzene
The overall reaction is given by,
C6H6 + HNO2 -> C6H5NO2(removal of H2O molecule)
Explanation:
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