Question

Consider the reaction below to answer the following questions (4) a. The nucleophile in the reaction is _______ b. The Lewis acid catalyst in the reaction is ______ c. This reaction proceeds___________(faster or slower)

Answer 1

The question is incomplete, the complete question is shown in the image attached to this answer.

Answer:

a) Br^-

b) FeCl3

c) slower

d) see the first attached image

Explanation:

Aromatic compounds undergo electrophilic substitution sections in the presence of the appropriate electrophile.

In the reaction above, the Br^- nucleophile attacks the Lewis acid FeCl3. Recall that the nitro group is meta directing hence the incoming Br^+ electrophile is directed towards the meta position as shown in the image attached.

Note that the nitro group deactivates the ring towards electrophilic substitution hence the reaction is slower with nitrobenzene than with unsubstituted benzene.