Electrophilic aromatic substitution usually occurs at the 1-position of naphthalene, also called the a position. Predict themajor products of the reactions of naphthalene with the following reagents.(a) HNO3, H2SO4 (b) Br2, FeBr3 (c) CH3CH2COCl, AlCl3

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Electrophilic aromatic substitution usually occurs at the 1-position of naphthalene, also called the a position. Predict the
major products of the reactions of naphthalene with the following reagents.
(a) HNO3, H2SO4 (b) Br2, FeBr3 (c) CH3CH2COCl, AlCl3

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