The increasing order of the reactivity of the following

Question:

The increasing order of the reactivity of the following compounds towards electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions is :

  1. $\mathrm{II}<\mathrm{I}<\mathrm{III}$

  2. $\mathrm{III}<\mathrm{II}<\mathrm{I}$

  3. $\mathrm{III}<\mathrm{I}<\mathrm{II}$

  4. $\mathrm{I}<\mathrm{III}<\mathrm{II}$


Correct Option:

Solution:

$\mathrm{CH}_{3}$ group when bonded to benzene increases the electron density of benzene ring due to $+I$ and hyper conjugation effects. $-\mathrm{Cl}$ group decreases the electron density of benzene ring due to $-\mathrm{I}$ effect, and $-\mathrm{COCH}_{3}$ group strongly decreases the electron density of benzene ring due to $-I$ and $-R$ effects. Therefore, correct increasing order of the given compounds. towards electrophilic aromatic substitution is

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