Benzene and Alkyl Benzene - Result Question 38
####42. Give reasons for the following in one or two sentences “Nitrobenzene does not undergo Friedel-Craft’s alkylation.”
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Solution:
- Nitro group is a very strong deactivating group, the very slow Friedel-Craft’s reaction does not takes place in presence of nitro group.
