a. O-nitrochlorobenzene and o-nitrochlorobenzene undergo nucleophilic substitution rxn however m-nitrochlorobenzene does not. Explain this fact with a mechanism.

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a. O-nitrochlorobenzene and o-nitrochlorobenzene undergo nucleophilic substitution rxn however m-nitrochlorobenzene does not. Explain this fact with a mechanism. 

 

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