JEE Main2007ChemistryHydrocarbonsActual
Presence of a nitro group in a benzene ring
Options
- Aactivates the ring towards electrophilic substitution
- Brenders the ring basic
- Cdeactivates the ring towards nucleophilic substitution
- Ddeactivates the ring towards electrophilic substitution
Correct answer
D. deactivates the ring towards electrophilic substitution
Step-by-step solution
- NO ₂ group shows - M effect, so withdraws the electron density from the ring and hence deactivate the ring towards electrophilic aromatic substitution. Hence, (D) is correct.