Benzene and Alkyl Benzene - Result Question 47
####51. Arrange the following in increasing order of reactivity towards sulphonation with fuming sulphuric acid.
Benzene, toluene, methoxy benzene, chlorobenzene.
(1988, 1M)
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Solution:
- Both
and are activating groups but chloro is deactivating group in electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction.
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Chlorobenzene