Conversion of Benzene to m-nitrobenzoic acid Benzene to benzoic acid as in Q.7

Explanation

To convert benzene to m-nitrobenzoic acid, we can follow these steps:

### Step 1: Friedel-Crafts Acylation
- **Starting Material**: Benzene (C6H6)
- **Reagents**: Acetyl chloride (CH3COCl) and anhydrous aluminum chloride (AlCl3).
- **Reaction**: The benzene undergoes Friedel-Crafts acylation with acetyl chloride in the presence of AlCl3 to form acetophenone (C6H5C(O)CH3).

**Chemical Equation**:
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