Organic Chemistry - Standalone book
Organic Chemistry - Standalone book
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ISBN: 9780073511214
Author: Francis A Carey Dr., Robert M. Giuliano
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13.3, Problem 2P
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The single product that is formed in high yield in the nitration of 1,4-dimethylbenzene (p-xylene) is to be identified.

Concept introduction:

The nitration is an electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction in which hydrogen of aromatic ring is substituted by a nitro group.

In the nitration reaction, the aromatic ring acts as a nucleophile and the nitronium ion acts as an electrophile.

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