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Acetanilide () is nitrated with in at low temperature. The major product is

  1. A4-nitroacetanilide (N-(4-nitrophenyl)ethanamide)
  2. B2,4,6-trinitroacetanilide
  3. C3-nitroacetanilide
  4. Dnitrobenzene

Answer: A

The group is an activating o/p director, since the nitrogen lone pair is still partly delocalised into the ring. The para isomer is the major product because the ortho positions are hindered by the bulky amide group.
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