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Although chlorine is an electron withdrawing group. yet it is ortho para -directing in electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction.why?

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Answered by Harjot1011
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This is because of the availability of the electrons on Chlorine ,In the Chlorobenzene, Cl acts as ortho and para directing that means it will send the incoming electrofile (E+) on the ortho and para positions of benzene. The o and p position carry high elecrtron charge density due to resonance 
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