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Q. Presence of a nitro group in a benzene ring:

NEETNEET 2022Hydrocarbons

Solution:

$- NO _2$ group shows $- M$ effect, so withdraws the electron density from the ring and hence deactivate the ring towards electrophilic aromatic substitution.