Which of the following compounds will form significant amount of meta product during mono-nitration reaction?

Which of the following compounds will form significant amount of meta product during mono-nitration reaction?

Solution


In a strong acidic medium acid-base reaction takes place so NH2 group is converted to N+H3 group. Due to the formation of anilinium ion, significant meta nitroaniline is also formed.
The net reaction can be written as follows,

Asked in: JEE Main 2017 (02 Apr)

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