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Grade 11Organic Chemistry

Please specify the role of nitro group in attached question. I don't see any difference in its role in both compounds.

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer8 Years ago
NO2 in first one is stronger deactivating group than in second since mesomeric effects operates at ortho and para positions rather than meta positions
in first ethyl groups are at ortho to nitro group and in second they r at meta positions
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