why is it difficult to replace chlorine in chlorobenzene by nycleophiles?
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as we all know, chlorobenzene is a deactivating substituent and benzene has a stable structure. Now I'm confused. My question is — considering electrophilic ...
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✔️it is difficult to replace chlorine from chlorobenzene because the lone pair of electron on chlorine do resonance with benzene ring . due to this a partial double bond develops between C-Cl .
✔️since partial double bond is stronger than single bond . hence it becomes difficult to replace chlorine by a nucleophile.
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✔️it is difficult to replace chlorine from chlorobenzene because the lone pair of electron on chlorine do resonance with benzene ring . due to this a partial double bond develops between C-Cl .
✔️since partial double bond is stronger than single bond . hence it becomes difficult to replace chlorine by a nucleophile.
hope it helps !! ✌️❤️
bonne journée !! ⭐⭐
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