CBSE Class 12 Chemistry 2019 Outside Delhi Set 2 Solved Paper

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Out of chlorobenzene and p-nitrochlorobenzene, which one is more reactive towards nucleophilic substitution reaction and why?
Solution:
The relative p-nitrochlorobenzene is more reactive towards nucleophilic susbstitution reaction due to its electron-withdrawing inductive and resonance effects which results in the stabilised carbanion formed by the −NH2 group.
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