student accidentally uses one tenth of the correct amount of methyl benzoate (0.03 g) and the full amount of sulfuric acid and nitric acid. What do you expect the polynitrated product to be, considering the choices available?

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  1. A student accidentally uses one tenth of the correct amount of methyl benzoate (0.03 g) and the full amount of sulfuric acid and nitric acid. What do you expect the polynitrated product to be, considering the choices available?

       

    methyl 2,5-dinitrobenzoate

       

    methyl 3,5-dinitrobenzoate

       

    methyl 2,3-dinitrobenzoate

       

    methyl 3,4-dinitrobenzoate

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