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Q. Nitro group of nitrobenzene is:

Jharkhand CECEJharkhand CECE 2002

Solution:

All electron withdrawing groups are $ m- $ directing.
(i) Nitro $ (-NO_{2}) $ is electron withdrawing group and is meta directing.
(ii) Electron donating groups are $o, p$ directing.