11 Provide a reasonable mechanism to account for the following reaction.NO2H,SO4HNO;Propose a mechanism to account for the formation of TNT from toluene. Why is the reaction belowa very difficult reaction of accomplish?NO2NO2x.s. HNO,H,SO,NO2

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1 Provide a reasonable mechanism to account for the following reaction.
NO2
H,SO4
HNO;
Propose a mechanism to account for the formation of TNT from toluene. Why is the reaction below
a very difficult reaction of accomplish?
NO2
NO2
x.s. HNO,
H,SO,
NO2

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When mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid reacts with benzene, nitration of benzene takes place and nitrobenzene is formed. In the first step, lone pair of electrons of oxygen atom of nitric acid takes up proton from sulfuric acid and an intermediate is formed in which oxygen atom and nitrogen atom attain positive charge.

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