Which xylene is most easily sulphonated?

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p-xylene

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m-xylene

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o-xylene

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Solution

The correct option is C
m-xylene

m-xylene.

Both –CH₃ groups in m-xylene activate the same positions toward electrophilic aromatic substitution. m-xylene is thus preferentially sulfonated.

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