Why is nitrobenzene does not undergo friedel craft alkylation

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asked Mar 11, 2018 in Science by Priyam (25 points) 1

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answered Mar 11, 2018 by Ankit Agarwal (28,847 points) 7 31 67

As the nitro group is a powerful deactivating substituent, Friedel-Crafts acylation of nitrobenzene does not take place under any conditions.

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