Toluen gives nitration reaction more easily than chlorobenzene
Asked by basukhushabu0000
| 2nd Mar, 2020,
01:36: AM
Expert Answer:
Toluene reacts as a normal aromatic hydrocarbon towards electrophilic aromatic substitution. The methyl group makes it around 25 times more reactive than chlorobenzene in such reactions because of its +I effect.
ex: nitration
Toluene reacts as a normal aromatic hydrocarbon towards electrophilic aromatic substitution. The methyl group makes it around 25 times more reactive than chlorobenzene in such reactions because of its +I effect.
ex: nitration
Answered by Ramandeep
| 2nd Mar, 2020,
01:01: PM
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