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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

Why is nhcoch3 op-directing?(I am aware that an answer already exist in this site. I am asking this again as the resonance diagram given is not clear to me.So please include another diagram in the answer)

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7 Years agoGrade 12
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7 Years ago
Here N is the more electronegative group directly attach to the benzene ring. The even more electronegative Oxygen is not linked with N. So it does not effect the donating capability of N and hence the lone pair of N participate in resonance, making it o/p directing group