JEE Main 2008 Chemistry question

Phenol, when it first reacts with concentrated sulphuric acid and then with concentrated nitric acid, gives

Answer: (2)

Solution

Sulphonation first places – at the para position (blocking it); nitration then occurs ortho to –OH, and the sulphonic acid group is subsequently

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