Benzene reactions
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a) List the steps needed (i.e. list the reagents, show the mechanism) needed to carry out the following synthesis
List of reagents: Friedel-Crafts alkylation Friedel-Crafts acylation Birch reduction Wolff-Kishner reduction Cr(VI) oxidation Lewis acid catalyzed bromination nitration sulfonation
b) Using the same reagent list above, put in order the reagent steps needed to convert benzene to p-nitrobenzoic acid in the least amount of steps as possible