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Which is the correct order of reactivity towards electrophilic nitration?

Abenzene > toluene > chlorobenzene > nitrobenzene
Btoluene > benzene > chlorobenzene > nitrobenzene
Cnitrobenzene > chlorobenzene > benzene > toluene
Dtoluene > benzene > nitrobenzene > chlorobenzene

Answer: B

Methyl is electron releasing (activating). Chlorine withdraws by induction more than it donates by resonance (mildly deactivating), and nitro is strongly deactivating. Order: toluene > benzene > chlorobenzene > nitrobenzene.

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