Nitration of Bromobenzene (843 words, 2 pages)
One method of nitrating bromobenzene involves mixing HNO3 and sulfuric acid with bromobenzene. The reaction mechanism involves protonation of nitric acid by sulfuric acid (stronger acid) and subsequent dehydration to generate nitronium ion, which is attacked by the benzene ring to form a nitrobromobenzene. Although bromine is a weak ring ...
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