Question: Repeat Example 4.3 for nitration at C-2. Can you suggest why substitution at C-1 is preferred? Example 4.3 Draw the resonance contributors for the carbocation

Repeat Example 4.3 for nitration at C-2. Can you suggest why substitution at C-1 is preferred?
Example 4.3
Draw the resonance contributors for the carbocation intermediate in nitration of naphthalene at C-1; include only structures that retain benzenoid aromaticity in the unsubstituted ring.

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