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What happens when phenol is treated with nitration mixture

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The -OH group attached to the benzene ring in phenol has the effect of making the ring much more reactive than it would otherwise be. ... It also reacts with dilute nitric acid, whereas benzene itself needs a nitrating mixture of concentrated nitric acid and concentrated sulphuric acid.

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