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The chlorine atom in chlorobenzene is

  1. Aactivating and meta directing
  2. Bactivating and ortho/para directing
  3. Cdeactivating and meta directing
  4. Ddeactivating and ortho/para directing

Answer: D

Chlorine withdraws electrons by the -I effect, which makes the ring less reactive than benzene. Its lone pairs donate by resonance (+M) and stabilise the arenium ions for ortho and para attack, so it directs ortho/para.
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