Arrange the compounds in increasing order of rate of reaction towards nucleophilic substitution. (a) chlorobenzene; (b) p-nitrochlorobenzene; (c) 2,4,6-trinitrochlorobenzene

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Arrange the compounds in increasing order of rate of reaction towards nucleophilic substitution.

NCERT Exemplar Unit 10 Q28: three printed chlorobenzene and nitro-chlorobenzene structures

(a) chlorobenzene; (b) p-nitrochlorobenzene; (c) 2,4,6-trinitrochlorobenzene

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Nitro substituents at ortho/para positions stabilise the Meisenheimer intermediate; three nitro groups activate most strongly.

Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:Halogen DerivativeSubtopic:NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS (SN1 AND SN2), SN(NEIGHBOURING GROUP PARTICIPATION), SNI

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