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JEE Main · 2026 · 22 Jan 2026 · Shift 1 · Hydrocarbons

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Given below are two statements :

Statement I : Benzene is nitrated to give nitrobenzene, which on further treatment with
will give
  1. (A)Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
  2. (B)Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
  3. (C)Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.✓ Correct
  4. (D)Both Statement I and Statement II is are incorrect.

Answer: (C)

Solution

Nitration of benzene gives nitrobenzene, but the nitro group is strongly electron-withdrawing and deactivates the ring so heavily that nitrobenzene does not undergo Friedel-Crafts acylation; treatment with acetyl chloride and aluminium chloride gives essentially no ketone, so the claim in Statement I that it yields m-nitroacetophenone is incorrect. The nitro group is a meta-directing, deactivating substituent, which is the correct content of Statement II. Hence Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.

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