why nitrobenzene is used as solvent in friedal craft reaction
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Explanation:
Nitrobenzene contains an electron-withdrawing nitro group directly bound to the phenyl ring. As
−
+
N
(
=
O
)
O
−
, i.e. a quaternized nitrogen, it serves to deactivate the aromatic ring towards electrophilic aromatic substitution. And of course, a lack of reactivity is required of a solvent in an organic reaction. It is also relatively high boiling, (
>
210
∘
C
), so this means you can heat the reaction up high to get it going.
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in one word we can say it has high dielectric constant
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