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Although chlorine is an EWG group yet it is O and P directing in electrophilic aromatic substitution. Explain why it is so?
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Gaurav Mishra 7 years, 6 months ago

And resonance effect is more powerful than inductive effect therefore it become ortho and para directing.

Payal Kashyap 7 years, 6 months ago

Chlorine withdraws electronthrough inductive effect and releases electron through resonance.through inductive effect ,chlorine destabilize the intermediate carbocation formed during the electrophilic substitution .through resonance ,halogen tend to stablise the carbocation and effect is more pronounced at ortho and para position
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