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Outline the mechanism of Nitration of aniline.

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SOLUTION :Nitration of aniline is accompanied by OXIDATION. But a mixture of conc. `HNO_3` and conc. `H_2SO_4` gives m-nitroaniline also. Nitric acid is a strong acid. It protonates aniline forming anilinium ION `C_6H_5NH_3^+` because of positive CHARGE on nitrogen it is meta directing.


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