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Presence of a nitro group in a benzene r...

Presence of a nitro group in a benzene ring:

A

renders the ring basic

B

deactivates the ring towards nucleophilic substitution

C

deactivates the ring towards electrophilic substitution

D

activates the ring towards electrophilic substitution

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C
`-NO_(2)` has strong electron withdrawing group
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