The nitration of benzene is:

Nucleophilic substitution

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Nucleophilic addition

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Electrophilic substitution

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Free radical substitution

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Q. Why does benzene undergo electrophilic substitution reactions easily and nucleophilic substitutions difficulty?

Toluene reacts with a halogen in the presence of iron (III) chloride giving ortho and para halo compounds. The reaction is

(a) electrophilic elimination reaction

(b) electrophilic substitution reaction

(d) nucleophilic substitution reaction

The reaction:

is classified as :

(a) electrophilic substitution (b) nucleophilic substitution

The reaction:
$C H_{3} C H_{2} I + K O H_{a q} \to C H_{3} C H_{2} O H + K I$ is classified as :
(a) electrophilic substitution (b) nucleophilic substitution (c) elimination (d) addition

Q. Which of the following substitution of benzene is ortho-para in electrophilic substitution and ortho-para in nucleophilic substitution?