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Nitration of an arene

Practical work is a vital part of your chemistry studies. Here, Tim Harrison teases out the chemistry involved in the nitration of methyl benzoate and explains the reasons behind the instructions for this common post-16 practical

Figure 1 Conversion of methyl benzoate to methyl 3-nitrobenzoate

This ‘Lab page’ links to the following A-level topics:

• electrophilic substitution

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