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Q 12.15     How will you bring about the following conversions in not more than two steps? 

        (ix)     Benzoic acid to m-nitrobenzyl alcohol

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On nitration of benzoic acid gives meta substituted nitro benzoic acid which on further reacting with reducing agent and followed by acidic hydrolysis gives nitrobenzyl alcohol.

 

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