The nitration of methylbenzene (toluene)
Methylbenzene reacts rather faster than benzene - in nitration, the reaction is about 25 times faster. That means that you would use a lower temperature to prevent more than one nitro group being substituted - in this case, 30°C rather than 50°C. Apart from that, the reaction is just the same - using the same nitrating mixture of concentrated sulphuric and nitric acids.
You get a mixture of mainly two isomers formed: 2-nitromethylbenzene and 4-nitromethylbenzene. Only about 5% of the product is 3-nitromethylbenzene. Methyl groups are said to be 2,4-directing.