Nitrobenzoic acids are derivatives of benzoic acid. Two are commercially important. They are about ten times more acidic than the parent benzoic acid.[1]
Nitrobenzoic acid[which?] can be prepared through the oxidation of styrene in boiling nitric acid.[2]
The salts and esters of nitrobenzoic acids are known as nitrobenzoates.
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- ^ Everson, William (October 1949). "The Reactions of Monomeric Styrenes". Chemical Reviews. 45 (2): 183–345. doi:10.1021/cr60141a001.