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JEE Advanced 2008 Chemistry question

ChemistryAromatic Compounds and Aryl HalidesJEE Advanced 2008

STATEMENT-1: Bromobenzene upon reaction with Br/Fe gives 1,4-dibromobenzene as the major product.

STATEMENT-2: In bromobenzene, the inductive effect of the bromo group is more dominant than the mesomeric effect in directing the incoming electrophile.

Answer: (C)

Solution

Br is an ortho/para director due to +M effect (which stabilizes arenium ion), giving para-dibromobenzene as major

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