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Rank the following aromatic hydrocarbons below in terms of increasing rates of nitration via electrophilic aromatic substitution (EAS), with 1 being the slowest and 4 being the fastest. *

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Rank the following aromatic hydrocarbons below in terms of increasing rates of
nitration via electrophilic aromatic substitution (EAS), with 1 being the slowest
and 4 being the fastest. *
CH3
OCH2CH3
CH2CH3
NO2
H.
PQR
STU
VwX
YZA

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