Chemistry · Aromatic Compounds

JEE Main 2024 — 27 January, Shift 1 — Question 78

Among the following, total number of meta directing functional groups is (Integer based)

−OCH3,−NO2,−CN,−CH3−NHCOCH3-\mathrm{OCH}_{3},-\mathrm{NO}_{2},-\mathrm{CN},-\mathrm{CH}_{3}-\mathrm{NHCOCH}_{3}, −COR,−OH,−COOH,−Cl-\mathrm{COR},-\mathrm{OH},-\mathrm{COOH},-\mathrm{Cl}

Answer: 4

Numerical answer — enter this value.

Step-by-step solution

−NO2,−C≡N,−COR,−COOH-\mathrm{NO}_{2},-\mathrm{C} \equiv \mathrm{N},-\mathrm{COR},-\mathrm{COOH}

are meta directing

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Exam
JEE Main 2024
Subject
Chemistry
Chapter
Aromatic Compounds
Topic
Chemical Properties of Arenes - Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
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