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CHM 102 Practice Questions Objective Question
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Benzaldehyde reacts with a mixture of concentrated sulfuric acid and nitric acid to give
Options
A p-Nitrobenzaldehyde
B o-Nitrobenzaldehyde
C p-Nitrobenzoic acid
D m-Nitrobenzaldehyde
Correct Answer
Correct Answer

Option D is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

Benzaldehyde (CHO group) is a meta director (deactivating). Nitration gives m-nitrobenzaldehyde as the major product.

Hint

Is CHO group ortho-para or meta director?

Question Info

Course: CHM 102
Topic: Practice Questions
Type: Objective
Difficulty: Not specified
Question 1760 of 1999
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