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Transcribed Image Text:Why is the product only methyl 3-nitrobenzoate?
Hint: why does nitration occur in the meta position only?

Transcribed Image Text:OCH3
Methyl benzoate
MW 136.16
bp 199.6°C
den. 1.09
20
n° 1.5170
HNO3
H₂SO4
OCH3
NO₂
Methyl 3-nitrobenzoate
MW 181.15
mp 78°C
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