The nitro group is a very strong deactivating group Nitro benzene undergoes nitration at a rate only 10-4 times that of benzene. The nitro group is a meta-directing group. When nitrobenzene is nitrated with nitration mixture 93% of meta substituted product is formed.
Ortho-para directing groups are

Options

A. `-NO_2 , -CN`
B. `-COOH, -NH_2`
C. `-NH_2,-OH`
D. `-OH, -SO_3H,-CHO`

Answer

C

Explanation

`-NH2 and -OH` are ring activating, O, P directing groups.