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NItro Compound Formation (Matt Lieberman)
The sulfuric acid protonates the hydroxyl group on the nitric acid, which leaves as water. The remaining molecule is an unstable positively charged nitrogen double-bonded to two oxygens. One of the carbon atoms in the benzene ring attacks this compound at the nitrogen, giving both oxygens partial-negative charges and making the overall charge of the nitro group more stable. However, this leaves a positive charge in the pi system of the benzene ring which is compensated for by loss of a proton at the ipso carbon. 
Nitro Compound Synthesis - Klarie Li
Nitration of Furan (Kaia Clarke)
