MHT CET 2025 Chemistry question

Identify the product when chlorobenzene is heated with nitrating mixture

(A)Only 1-chloro-4-nitrobenzene
(B)Only 1-chloro-2-nitrobenzene
(C)Mixture of 1-chloro-2-nitrobenzene and 1-chloro-4-nitrobenzeneCorrect
(D)2,4,6-trinitrochlorobenzene

Answer: (C)

Solution

The chlorine in chlorobenzene is deactivating (through ) but ortho/para directing (through lone-pair donation). On nitration with conc. /conc. the electrophile therefore attacks the ortho and para positions, giving a mixture of 1-chloro-2-nitrobenzene

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