NEETChemistryCarboxylic Acid Derivatives
Assertion : Nitration of benzoic acid gives ortho and para derivatives of nitrobenzoic acids. Reason : Carboxyl group is activating group.
Options
- AIf both Assertion & Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion, then mark (1).
- BIf both Assertion & Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion, then mark
- CIf Assertion is true statement but Reason is false, then mark (3).
- DIf both Assertion and Reason are false statements, then mark (4).
Correct answer
D. If both Assertion and Reason are false statements, then mark (4).
Step-by-step solution
(- CO ₂ H ) is a deactivator because of its -M effect it gives meta product.