Nitration of phenol is an example of:

nucleophilic addition

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nuclophilic substitution

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electrophilic substitution

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electrophilic addition

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Solution

The correct option is C electrophilic substitution
The attacking species in nitration reaction is nitronium ion which is an electrophile. Hence the reaction is called as electrophilic substitution.

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