Repeat Example 4.3 for nitration at C-2. Can you suggest why substitution at C-1 is preferred? Example
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Example 4.3
Draw the resonance contributors for the carbocation intermediate in nitration of naphthalene at C-1; include only structures that retain benzenoid aromaticity in the unsubstituted ring.
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Organic Chemistry A Short Course
ISBN: 978-1111425562
13th edition
Authors: Harold Hart, Christopher M. Hadad, Leslie E. Craine, David J. Hart
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