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JEE Main 2024 — 1 February, Shift 2 — Question 67

The set of meta directing functional groups from the following sets is:

  1. Option A:

    −CN,−NH2,−NHR,−OCH3-\mathrm{CN},-\mathrm{NH}_{2},-\mathrm{NHR},-\mathrm{OCH}_{3}

  2. Option B:

    −NO2,−NH2,−COOH,−COOR-\mathrm{NO}_{2},-\mathrm{NH}_{2},-\mathrm{COOH},-\mathrm{COOR}

  3. Option C:

    −NO2,−CHO,−SO3H,−COR-\mathrm{NO}_{2},-\mathrm{CHO},-\mathrm{SO}_{3} \mathrm{H},-\mathrm{COR}

    Correct
  4. Option D:

    −CN,−CHO,−NHCOCH3,−COOR-\mathrm{CN},-\mathrm{CHO},-\mathrm{NHCOCH}_{3},-\mathrm{COOR}

Answer: C

Step-by-step solution

All are -M , Hence meta directing groups.

Solution figure

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Exam
JEE Main 2024
Paper
1 February, Shift 2
Subject
Chemistry
Chapter
General Organic Chemistry
Topic
Other applications of electronic effects

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