What products are formed when the following compounds is treated with $B r_{2}$ in the presence of $FeB r_{3}$ ?

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What products are formed when the following compounds is treated with B r 2 in the presence of FeB r 3 ?

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In the above compound 1, 3-Dimethylbenzene, sites for the attacking electrophile are

Attack of electrophile on sitesandresults in same compound as product.
Although tendency of electrophile to attack on siteis very less due to high steric hinderance so respective product is favoured with very less amount.

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