Question: Treatment of biphenyl (see Section 11.7 to remind yourself of its structure) with a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid gave two principal products

Treatment of biphenyl (see Section 11.7 to remind yourself of its structure) with a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid gave two principal products both having the molecular formula C12H9NO2. What are these two products?

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