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Why nitration of benzene is easier than that of benzene......... And how is phenol converted to TNT

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The nitration of phenol is easier than that of benzene because benzene has delocalised pie-electrons which makes it more stable than phenol.

Phenol is converted to Trinitrotoluene by adding zinc dust to remove the hydroxyl group, then reacted with Aluminium oxide followed by haloalkane.

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