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ChemistryAromatic Compounds and Aryl HalidesJEE Main

All common *meta*-directing groups the benzene ring towards electrophilic substitution reactions.

Answer: (A)

Solution

Groups such as –NO₂, –CN, –COOH and –SO₃H direct incoming electrophiles to the *meta* position, and all of them

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