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Hydrocarbons

Question
CBSEENCH11007720

Classify the following groups as activating or deactivating with respect to further electrophilic substitution of aromatic ring:
(a) – Cl    (b) -CN
(c) – NH2 (d) –SO3H
(e) –NO2 (f) – CH3.

Solution
(c) and (f) are activating groups while (a), (b) (d) and (e) are deactivating groups.