Why meta chloro nitro benzene is more reactive than ortho and para chloro nitro benzene?
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The contributing structures III, IV and V indicate that C-Cl bond has partial double character.As a result, the C-Cl bond in chlorobenzene is shorter and hence, stronger.Thus, cleavage of C-Cl bond in benzene becomes difficult which makes it less reactive towards nucleophilic substitution.
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