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is it the case that you cannot conventionally nitrate ferrocene because the Fe is too good of a nucleophile compared to the ring?

why is it necessary to have an acid catalyst in the presence of acetic acid? and I thought that the reason you overload on the acetic acid is to shift the easily reversible equilibrium. my second question is why NaHCO3 is used? does it also shift the equilibrium or remove one of the biproducts?