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ChemistryAlcohols, Phenols and EthersJEE Main

Among phenol, benzoic acid, nitrobenzene and toluene, the compound that undergoes nitration most readily is

Answer: (C)

Solution

–OH is the strongest ring-activator among these substituents, making phenol far more reactive than

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