nitration

Can fuming nitric acid be used instead of nitration mixture to carry out nitration of benzene ??

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In case of fuming nitric acid,

2HNO3\Leftrightarrow NO2+ + NO3- + H2O
Thus a nucleophile is formed along with an electrophile.if HNO3 is used,then product by electrophilic substitution will decrease.

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