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

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

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Vikas TU
14149 Points
7 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.

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