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why pyridine is less reactive than benzene towards electrophilic reaction?

why pyridine  is less reactive than benzene towards electrophilic reaction?
 

Grade:12th pass

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Vikas TU
14149 Points
4 years ago
Dear student 
because nitrogen is more electronegative, than carbon and acts like an electron withdrawing group,
Pyridine is more reactive than benzene because the presence of nitrogen enables pyridine to react with nucleophiles.
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