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Out of benzene, m–dinitrobenzene and toluene which will undergo nitration most easily and why?

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Toluene would undergo nitration most easily because `-CH_(3)` group is an electron releasing group and hence it activates the benzene ring towards electrophilic substitution reactions.
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