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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

How can we decide the acidity aqnd reactivity of substituted benzene ring ? Some people told me to compare pka values of conjugate bases and some solve problem by electromeric effects at different positions and I am totally confused..please help me out with a SYSTEMATIC method to solve such problem.

Profile image of Shri Hari Bharadwaj
9 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
To decide the acidity check the substituents nature that is if the subtituent shows +R effect or -R effect or +M or -M.
For acidity the grou must show -I and -M effect.
And for the reactivity the least stable compund would be more reactive.