99 Percentile Qs Bank for JEE MainChemistryAldehydes and Ketones
Nitration of phenyl benzoate yields the product
Correct answer
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Step-by-step solution
It is an electrophilic aromatic substitutions reaction. Because the COO ⁻ acts as an electron withdrawiry group to one phenyl group ard a moderate electron donating group to the other pheryl group the nitration will occur on the phenyl group where COO ⁻ is acting as ars electron donating group. The major product of the nitration will have the NO ₂ in the para position because the or tho position is partially blocked by the large COPh grơup.