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How do you prepare the benzene sulphonic acid from benzene?



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Answer:

add sulfur trioxide

Step-by-step explanation:

To produce benzenesulfonic acid from benzene, fuming sulfuric acid and sulfur trioxide are added. Fuming sulfuric acid, also refered to as oleum, is a concentrated solution of dissolved sulfur trioxide in sulfuric acid.

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