Chapter 13, Problem 44P

Arrange the following five compounds in order of decreasing rate of bromination:

benzene, toluene, $\text{o-xylene}$, $\text{m-xylene}$, $\text{1,3,5-trimethylbenzene}$

(the relative rates are ${\text{2 × 10}}^{\text{7}}{\text{, 5 × 10}}^{\text{4}}{\text{, 5 × 10}}^{\text{2}}\text{, 60}$, and $1$).