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Nitration of aniline?

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User Lijo
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in nitration u add two concentration acids HNO3 and H2SO4 both are strong acids. always the acid base neutralization reactions are fastest. even though NH2 group in aniline is a weak base, its neutralization with a very strong acid is still faster than nitration. hence if u carry the acid base reaction u would end up with an NH3+ group. hence the meta substitution can't be rule out here and u would get all products ortho,meta and para...
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User Michael Bolli
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The products would be meta, para and ortho aniline

There is no clear major between them.

around 40% of them will be para, 45 % of them will be meta, and around 15 % of them will be ortho

hope this helps
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