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Benzene is nitrated by a mixture of conc. nitric and conc. sulfuric acids to the Wheland intermediate cation, which is the transition state of the electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction.
  +  
HNO3
  +  
H2SO4
         
  +  
H2O
  +  
[HSO4]–
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Nitric acid, concentrated     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
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Nitrobenzene SeAr intermediate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hydrogen sulfate ion     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
Complexation or Coupling
Type 16 Lewis Acid/Base Complexation Chemistry

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