Question

Nitrating mixture is

• A. Fuming nitric acid
• B. mixture of conc. ${\text{H}}_2\text{S}{\text{O}}_4$ and conc. $\text{H}\text{N}{\text{O}}_3$
• C. Mixture of nitric acid and anhydrous zinc chloride
• D. None of these

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

The mixture of conc. ${\text{H}}_2\text{S}{\text{O}}_4$ and conc. $\text{H}\text{N}{\text{O}}_3$ is called nitrating mixture. It is used in the nitration of aryl compounds.