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In the preparation of p-nitro acetanilide from aniline, nitration is not done by nitrating mixture (a mixture of con. H2SO4\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{SO}_4 and HNO3)\mathrm{HNO}_3) because
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−NH2-\mathrm{NH}_2 group gets oxidized
The correct answer is that the −NH2-\mathrm{NH}_2 group gets oxidized because aniline is highly reactive and prone to oxidation under strongly oxidizing conditions like a nitrating mixture.

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