JEE Main Chemistry question

Chemistry Aromatic Compounds and Aryl Halides JEE Main

In a ring-substitution reaction of C₆H₅Y, the major product is the *meta* isomer. The group Y can be

(A)–NH₂
(B)–COOHCorrect
(C)–CH₃
(D)–Cl

Answer: (B)

Solution

–NH₂, –CH₃ and –Cl are all *ortho,para*-directing; –COOH, an electron-withdrawing group, is *meta*-directing.

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