`-COOH` is ortho, para directing or Meta directing group ?

(A) Clorine is ortho and para directing but deactivating group. ( R) Inductive effect of chlorine atom overcoms the resonance effect.

The strongest ortho-para are strongest meta directing groups are respectively.

Name an ortho-and para-directing deactivating group.

The strongest ortho/para and the strongest meta directing groups, respectively, are

Why is halogen atom when attached to benzene ring is ortho and para directing but somewhat deactivating in nature?

In the electrophilic substituion of benzene ring, the second substituent is directed by the group already present. Electron releasing groups (+I and +M) are ortho-para-directing and activating, whreas the electron withdrawing groups (-I and -M) are meta-directing and deactivating. Halogens are placed under the category of +T (Tautomeric) groups because they have -Ibdyctuve abd +Mesomeric effect. These groups are deactivating but ortho-para-directing. In the introduction of third group to the benzene ring, the product of minimum steric gindrance is formed. Which of the following is not an ortho, para-directing group ?