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Synthesis of Phenols II

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What is picric acid? How is it prepared from phenol?

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Picric acid is $2, 4, 6 -$ trinitrophenol.
Phenols react with nitrating mixture Con. $H_{2} S O_{4}$ and Con. $H N O_{3}$ and gives picric acid.

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