The nitroso group, −N=O, is one of the few nonhalogens that is an ortho- and para- directing deactivator. Explain this behaviour by drawing resonance structures of the carbocation intermediates in ortho, meta, and para electrophilic reaction on nitrosobenzene, C6H5−N=O.

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The nitroso group, −N=O, is one of the few nonhalogens that is an ortho- and para-
directing deactivator. Explain this behaviour by drawing resonance structures of the

carbocation intermediates in ortho, meta, and para electrophilic reaction on
nitrosobenzene, C6H5−N=O.

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