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ChemistryHalogen DerivativeNUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS (SN1 AND SN2), SN(NEIGHBOURING GROUP PARTICIPATION), SNIMedium2 minQB
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Assertion: Nitration of chlorobenzene leads to the formation of m-nitrochlorobenzene.
Reason: —NO₂ group is a m-directing group.
Options:
Answer:
D
Solution:
Chlorine directs electrophilic nitration ortho/para, so the assertion is false; a nitro substituent itself is meta directing.
Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:Halogen DerivativeSubtopic:NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS (SN1 AND SN2), SN(NEIGHBOURING GROUP PARTICIPATION), SNI
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