using appropriate mechanism show why electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction for methoxybenzene occur in ortho and para position
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Methoxybenzene, also known as anisole, is an aromatic compound with a methoxy (-OCH3) group attached to the benzene ring. Show more…
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