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Q. In nitrating mixture $HNO_3$ acts as a

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Solution:

Nitration is electrophilic substitution reaction and electrophile is nitronium ion $(-NO_{2}^+)$ . It is produced by transfer of proton from sulphuric acid to nitric acid. Hence $HNO_3$, acts as a base