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Standard XII
Chemistry
General Mechanism of Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
Which of the ...
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Which of the following compounds will not undergo Friedal-Craft's reaction easily?

A
cumene
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xylene
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C
nitrobenzene
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toluene
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Solution

The correct option is B nitrobenzene
In nitrobenzene, the strong electron withdrawing nitro group deactivates the aromatic ring towards elctrophilic aromatic substitution by reducing the electron density.
Hence, nitro benzene will not undergo Friedal-Craft's reaction easily.

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