products of nitration of benzoic acid and why...?
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Nitration of benzoic acid will yield meta nitro benzoic acid or m-nitrobenzoic acid.
If a mixture of concentrated sulfuric acid and fuming nitric acid is used, further nitration of the initial product will result in the formation of 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid as a secondary product.
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