Benzene and Alkyl Benzene - Result Question 28

####32. Toluene, when treated with Br2/Fe, gives p-bromotoluene as the major product because the CH3 group

(1999,3M)

(a) is para-directing

(b) is meta-directing

(c) activates the ring by hyperconjugation

(d) deactivates the ring

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Solution:

32.

CH3 in toluene is para directing group.It activates the ring by both inductive and hyperconjugation effect.



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