JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryAromatic Compounds and Aryl HalidesJEE Main

Which of the following deactivates the benzene ring towards electrophilic substitution?

Answer: (D)

Solution

–NHR, –OH and –OR are all lone-pair-donating, ring-activating groups; an ester group

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