What would you expect to be the major product obtained from the monobromination of m-dichlorobenzene?
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The question is asking about the expected major product from the monobromination of m-dichlorobenzene, which involves understanding the effects of existing substituents on the aromatic ring during electrophilic substitution reactions.
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II
The final answer is II.
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The final answer is II.
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In the case of m-dichlorobenzene, the chloro groups are electron-withdrawing and deactivate the positions ortho and para to them. However, the least hindered position para to neither of the chloro groups, which in a meta-substitution pattern would be the position ortho to one but para to none, is position II.
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Confusing chloro as an activating group can lead to incorrect positioning of the electrophilic substitution.
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