nitro group
chemistry
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phenols
- In phenol: Electrophilic aromatic substitution
…of oxidizing groups such as nitro groups. Nitro groups are strongly deactivating (i.e., make the aromatic ring less reactive), however, and it is often difficult to add a second or third nitro group to an aromatic compound. Three nitro groups are more easily substituted onto phenol, because the strong activation…
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