Question

how to prepare m-nitrophenol from benzene

Answer 1

Explanation:

m-Nitrophenol can be prepared by diazotizing m-nitroaniline and subsequently heating with a large volume of water;1 by treating benzene with mercury nitrate and nitric acid in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide;2 and by boiling m-nitrophenetole (from phenacetin by nitration, hydrolysis, and diazotization in alcohol) with ...