What products are formed when the following compound is treated with Br2 in the presence of FeBr3?

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What products are formed when the following compound is treated with Br2 in the presence of FeBr3? <img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/chemistry/6ff604e8353e04b5684c6a47aaa7ccac-.png" /> (A)  (B)  (C)  (D)

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-CH3 group is o,p-directing. Because of crowding, no substitution occurs at the carbon atom between the two -CH3 groups in m-Xylene, even though two -CH3 groups activate that position <img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/chemistry/cd2dca2e706893fde69d1ecef1832e1b-.png" />

Q. What products are formed when the following compound is treated with $B r_{2}$ in the presence of $F e B r_{3}$ ?

$- C H_{3}$ group is $o, p$ -directing. Because of crowding, no substitution occurs at the carbon atom between the two
$- C H_{3}$ groups in $m$ -Xylene, even though two $- C H_{3}$ groups activate that position

Q. What products are formed when the following compound is treated with Br2​ in the presence of FeBr3​?

−CH3​ group is o,p-directing. Because of crowding, no substitution occurs at the carbon atom between the two −CH3​ groups in m-Xylene, even though two −CH3​ groups activate that position

Q. What products are formed when the following compound is treated with $B r_{2}$ in the presence of $F e B r_{3}$ ?

$- C H_{3}$ group is $o, p$ -directing. Because of crowding, no substitution occurs at the carbon atom between the two
$- C H_{3}$ groups in $m$ -Xylene, even though two $- C H_{3}$ groups activate that position