Nitrobenzoic acid

Nitrobenzoic acids are derivatives of benzoic acid. Two are commercially important. They are about ten times more acidic than the parent benzoic acid.

Nitrobenzoic acid can be prepared through the oxidation of styrene in boiling nitric acid.

The salts and esters of nitrobenzoic acids are known as nitrobenzoates.

The three isomers of nitrobenzoic acid are:

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