Consider the -CH3 group and describe its directing properties in electrophilic aromatic substitution. The -CH3 is a meta director because of O resonance away ortho/para meta resonance into th induction away from the ring O induction towards the ring

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Consider the -CH3 group and describe its directing properties in electrophilic aromatic substitution.
The -CH3 is a meta
director because of
resonance away ortho/para
meta
resonance into the g
induction away from the ring
O induction towards the ring
Transcribed Image Text:Consider the -CH3 group and describe its directing properties in electrophilic aromatic substitution. The -CH3 is a meta director because of resonance away ortho/para meta resonance into the g induction away from the ring O induction towards the ring
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