JEE Main 2026 — Jan 22, Shift 1 — Chemistry solution

JEE Main2026Jan 22, Shift 1Chemistry

Given below are two statements :

Statement I : Benzene is nitrated to give nitrobenzene, which on further treatment with $C H_{3} C O C l / A l C l_{3}$ will give:

Statement II : $N O_{2}$ group is a m-directing, and deactivating group.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

A
Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
B
Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
C
Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
D
Both Statement I and Statement II is are incorrect.

Solution

Nitrobenzene is too strongly deactivated to undergo Friedel–Crafts acylation — the $N O_{2}$ group withdraws electron density from the ring, preventing the Lewis acid–assisted electrophilic attack. So the reaction described in Statement I does not occur, and the product shown will not form. Statement I is incorrect.

Statement II is a standard textbook fact: $- N O_{2}$ is both meta-directing (through resonance withdrawal at ortho/para) and strongly deactivating. So Statement II is correct.

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