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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

phenol first reacts with sulphuric acid and then with nitric acid

what will be the product

Profile image of lakshya
9 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Suraj Singh
9 Years ago
As per your question... m nitrophenol will be major product... As in reaction of phenol with sulphuric acid... Sulphuric acid reacts with alcohol group to act as m directing group.. Therefore m nitrophenol is formed