How does chlorine substitution on a phenyl ring modify the reactivity of the ring?
1 Answer
Apr 1, 2016
Because the electronegative chlorine atom withdraws electron density from the ring, making the ring less nucleophilic.
Explanation:
So, by induction, the chloro-substituted phenyl ring is a less powerful nucleophile, and thus, less likely to undergo substitution by electrophiles. Because of the lone pairs on the chloride, it is an
