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Nitration of Benzene

sophiedoesa2:

Conditions - Benzene is treated with a mixture of concentrated Nitric acid and concentrated Sulphuric acid (H2SO4 being the catalyst as it is regenerated at the end of the reaction)

Reaction to produce the reactive intermediate-

Mechanism:

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