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Q. Electrophile that participates in nitration of benzene is

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Solution:

$NO _{2}^{+}$ is an electrophile which takes part in nitration of benzene as,

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$NO _{2}^{+}$ is produced by taking mixture of conc. $HNO _{3}$ and conc. $H _{2} SO _{4}$