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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

What happens when aniline reacts with caro’s acid.
does it forms nitrosobenzene or does caro;’s acid does sulphonation

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10 Years agoGrade 12
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer10 Years ago
Oxidation of aniline occurs forming nitrosobenzene. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrosobenzen.
caros acid is nothing but peroxy sulphuric acid. Instead, if we just use H2SO4, sulphonation occurs