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Which of the following arrangements with respect to their reactivity in nucleophilic addition reaction is correct?
A
benzaldehyde 
acetophenone < p-nitrobenzaldehyde < p-tolualdehyde
acetophenone < p-nitrobenzaldehyde < p-tolualdehyde B
acetophenone 
benzaldehyde
< p-tolualdehyde < p-nitrobenzaldehyde
benzaldehyde < p-tolualdehyde < p-nitrobenzaldehyde
C
acetophenone 
p-tolualdehyde
< benzaldehyde < p-nitrobenzaldehyde
p-tolualdehyde < benzaldehyde < p-nitrobenzaldehyde
D
p-nitrobenzaldehyde 
benzaldehyde 
p-tolualdehyde 
acetophenone
benzaldehyde p-tolualdehyde acetophenone
Text Solution
Verified by ExpertsThe correct answer is:
C
The rate of nucleophilic addition decreased due to steric crowding around carbonyl carbon & increased by electron withdrawing group if the steric crowding is same hence the reactivity towards nucleophilic addition will be
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