JEE Main 20199 AprilEvening Shift
- Exam
- JEE Main
- Year
- 2019
- Date
- 9 April
- Shift
- Evening Shift
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- Alcohols Phenols and Ethers
JEE Main 2019 · 9 April · Evening Shift · Chemistry · Alcohols Phenols and Ethers
p-Hydroxybenzophenone upon reaction with bromine in carbon...
p-Hydroxybenzophenone upon reaction with bromine in carbon tetrachloride gives:








Options
- A

- B

- C

- D

Correct answer
A. 
Step-by-step solution
In electrophilic aromatic substitution, a substituent that favors electrophilic attack ortho or para to the substituent. Most ortho/para directors are also activators, except for the halogens, which are deactivators. A carboxylic acid is a meta director because it experiences resonance, a delocalization of electrons.