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Grade upto college level Organic Chemistry

Presence of a nitro group in a benzene ring
(a) deactivates the ring towards electrophilic substitution
(b) activates the ring towards electrophilic substitution
(c) renders the ring basic
(d) deactivates the ring towards nucleophilic substitution.

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12 Years agoGrade upto college level
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Profile image of Navjyot Kalra
12 Years ago
Hello Student,
Please find the answer to your question
(a) Nitro group is electron withdrawing group, so it deactivates the ring towards electrophilc substitution.

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