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TS EAMCET · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

The order of reactivity of phenol (I), nitrobenzene (II) and benzene (III) towards nitration is

  1. A (III) \(>\) (I) \(>\) (II)
  2. B (II) \(>\) (III) \(>\) (I)
  3. C (I) \(>\) (III) \(>\) (II)
  4. D (I) \(>\) (II) \(>\) (III)
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(C) (I) \(>\) (III) \(>\) (II)

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Due to strong \(+R\) effect of \(-\mathrm{OH}\) group, the electron density in phenol (I) is much more than in benzene (III) while due to the strong \(-R\) effect of the \(-\mathrm{NO}_2\) group, the electron density in nitrobenzene (II) is much lower than in benzene. Hence, the…