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ChemistryGOCRESONANCE AND MESOMERIC EFFECTMedium2 minQB
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The values of the following are given below

Electronic Displacement Effect diagram 805 Electronic Displacement Effect diagram 806 This is because of

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Answer:
A
Solution:

The two ortho methyl groups crowd the nitro group and twist it out of the benzene plane. Reduced orbital overlap inhibits resonance between and the ring, reducing the resonance contribution to the molecular dipole. This is steric inhibition of resonance, A.

Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:GOCSubtopic:RESONANCE AND MESOMERIC EFFECT
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