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Nitration mixture is used to genarate 

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a

NO3+

b

NO3-

c

NO2-

d

NO2+

answer is C.

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  • Nitrating mixture consists of Sulfuric acid (H2​SO4​) and Nitric acid. In the first step of the mechanism of nitration it comprises of generation of "nitronium ion".
  •  In order to do so, Sulfuric acid protonates nitric acid. So H2​SO4​ acts as an acid while HNO3​ which accepts proton acts a base, thereby generating the electrophile NO2+​
     
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