Chemistry A-Level
Nitration and the nitronium ion
What Nitration and the nitronium ion means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Concentrated nitric acid with concentrated sulfuric acid generates the nitronium ion, NO₂⁺, which substitutes a hydrogen to give nitrobenzene.
Topics that use Nitration and the nitronium ion
- Aromatic compounds (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Activating and 2,4-directing effect of the –OH group
- Bond lengths in benzene
- Carbon–carbon bond formation in synthesis
- Comparison with carboxylic acids and the carbonate test
- Delocalised π system and electron density
- Delocalised π system in benzene
- Directing effects
- Directing effects of OH, NH₂ and NO₂
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