Statement 1: The Friedel-Craft alkylation of nitro-benzene gives metals alkylated nitro benzene.
Statement 2: Nitro group is metal directing aromatic electrophilic substitution as it decreases electron density at o & p position.
Comment on the above statement.

Open in App

Solution

Statement 1 is false as nitrobenzene deactivates the range and deactivated range does not support alkylation.

Statement 2 is true as -M effect is only at 0 and p positions of benzene ring.

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

Q. Why nitro group acts as a meta directing group in electrophilic aromatic substitution?

Q. In electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction, the nitro group is meta directing because it:

Q. In an electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction, the nitro group is meta directing because of it:

Q. Aromatic nitro compounds like nitro benzene has a smell of :

Identify the correct order of reactivity in electrophilic substitution reactions of the following compounds Benzene, methyl benzene, Chlorobenzene, nitro benzene:

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

Statement 1: The Friedel-Craft alkylation of nitro-benzene gives metals alkylated nitro benzene.Statement 2: Nitro group is metal directing aromatic electrophilic substitution as it decreases electron density at o & p position.Comment on the above statement.

Statement 1 is false as nitrobenzene deactivates the range and deactivated range does not support alkylation. Statement 2 is true as -M effect is only at 0 and p positions of benzene ring.

Statement 1: The Friedel-Craft alkylation of nitro-benzene gives metals alkylated nitro benzene.
Statement 2: Nitro group is metal directing aromatic electrophilic substitution as it decreases electron density at o & p position.
Comment on the above statement.

Statement 1 is false as nitrobenzene deactivates the range and deactivated range does not support alkylation.

Statement 2 is true as -M effect is only at 0 and p positions of benzene ring.