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Why does this reaction(in the image) give the following product and not the other way round ?

Why does this reaction(in the image) give the following product and not the other way round ?

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Apoorva Arora IIT Roorkee
askIITians Faculty 181 Points
10 years ago
The other option is not possible as Oxygen is in resonance with the whole benzene ring and it needs a lot more energy to break this bond which is equivalent to a double bond. and hence the product.
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Apoorva Arora
IIT Roorkee
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