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WBJEE · Chemistry · Amines

When aniline is nitrated with nitrating mixture in ice cold condition, the major product obtained is

  1. A \(p\) -nitroaniline
  2. B 2,4 dinitroaniline
  3. C \(o\) -nitroaniline
  4. D \(m\) nitroaniline
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(A) \(p\) -nitroaniline

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Direct nitration of aniline with nitric acid gives a complex mixture of mono, di- and tri-nitro compounds and oxidation products. If \(-\mathrm{NH}_{2}\) group is protected by acetylation and then nitrated with nitrating mixture, \(p\) -isomer is the main product.