Phenol usually reacts easily with electrophiles.However, nitration of phenol with nitric acid is unsuccessful since the oxidation of phenol to p-quinone is faster than the electrophilic substitution. 
However, the nitration reaction shown below is successful. Explain why the reactivity of starting material is different from that of phenol. Draw the nitration product. 
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