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

Presence of a nitro group in a benzene ring:

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deactivities the ring towards electrophilic substitutions

B

activates the ring towards electrophilic substitution

C

renders the ring basic

D

deactivates the ring towards nucleophilic

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