Engineering
Chemistry
Nitration of aromatic compounds
Question
Convert chlorobenzene to p-chloranitrobenzene.
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Solution
In chloro benzene, chlorine is other and para directing in nature. Hence Nitration account para position of chlorine.
Mechanism
2H2SO4 + HNO3 → N+O2 + 2HSO4Θ + H3O+
