Multiple Choice
Which of these is the rate-determining step in the sulfonation of benzene?
A) Formation of SO3 from sulfuric acid
B) Protonation of SO3 sulfuric acid
C) Addition of SO3H+ to benzene to form the arenium ion
D) Loss of a proton from the arenium ion to form benzenesulfonic acid
E) None of these choices.
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