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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryAromatic Compounds and Aryl HalidesJEE Main

Which of the following is a *meta*-directing (deactivating) group on a benzene ring?

Answer: (A)

Solution

–CCl₃ is strongly electron-withdrawing (three inductively-withdrawing C–Cl bonds), destabilising the ring and

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