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Q.Nitrobenzene, on reaction with conc. HNO3 / conc. H2SO4 at 80-100 degree C, forms which one of the following products?

a) 1,4-dinitrobenzene
b) 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene
c) 1,2-dinitrobenzene
d) 1,3-dinitrobenzene
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Step 1. Nitrobenzene's own -NO2 group is strongly deactivating and meta-directing, so a second nitration installs the new -NO2 group META to the first.

Step 2. The unit's own electrophilic-substitution data states nitration of nitrobenzene at 373 K (which is 100 degree C, at the top end of the 80-100 degree C range given) gives 1,3-dinitrobenzene as the product -- the meta-disubstituted ring. …

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