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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

Why benzoic acid cannot undergo chlorination but can do bromination ??

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9 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
Benzoic acid do undergoes bromination.
Both cl and br would attach at meta position of benzoic acid due to -R effect of both.