When aniline is treated with fuming sulfuric acid, an electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction takes place at the

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When aniline is treated with fuming sulfuric acid, an electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction takes place at the meta position instead of the para position, despite the fact that the amino group is an ortho-para director. Explain this curious result.

NH2 NH2 Fuming H,SO, So,H

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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0470917800

1st edition

Authors: David R. Klein

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