Rank each group of compounds from most reactive to least reactive toward electrophilic aromatic substitution: a. benzene, ethylbenzene, chlorobenzene, nitrobenzene, anisole b. 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene, 2,4-dinitrophenol, 1-methyl-2,4-dinitrobenzene c. toluene, p-cresol, benzene, p-xylene d. benzene, benzoic acid, phenol, propylbenzene e. p-methylnitrobenzene, 2-chloro-1-methyl-4-nitrobenzene, 1-methyl-2,4-dinitrobenzene, p-chloromethylbenzene f. bromobenzene, chlorobenzene, fluorobenzene, iodobenzene

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Rank each group of compounds from most reactive to least reactive toward electrophilic aromatic substitution: a. benzene, ethylbenzene, chlorobenzene, nitrobenzene, anisole b. 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene, 2,4-dinitrophenol, 1-methyl-2,4-dinitrobenzene c. toluene, p-cresol, benzene, p-xylene d. benzene, benzoic acid, phenol, propylbenzene e. p-methylnitrobenzene, 2-chloro-1-methyl-4-nitrobenzene, 1-methyl-2,4-dinitrobenzene, p-chloromethylbenzene f. bromobenzene, chlorobenzene, fluorobenzene, iodobenzene

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