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ChemistryAromatic Compounds and Aryl HalidesJEE Main

Arrange the following compounds in decreasing reactivity with an electrophile, E⁺: (A) chlorobenzene, (B) 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene, (C) p-nitrochlorobenzene.

Answer: (C)

Solution

Chlorobenzene (A), bearing only a weakly deactivating halogen, is the most reactive toward electrophiles; p-nitrochlorobenzene (C), with one

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