A general mechanism for aromatic electrophilic substitution reaction is. (K_(1) and K_(2) are rate constant for the forward reaction) also C-D bond in harder to break than a C-H bond, and consequently reaction in which C-D bond broken proceed more slowly than the reaction in which C-H bond are broken. However experimetns reveal that nitration of C_(6)H_(6) and C_(6)D_(6) proceeds at equal rates while the same is not true for sulphonation of C_(6)H_(6) and C_(6)D_(6). Q. In the nitration reaction

A general mechanism for aromatic electrophilic substitution reaction

1.	A general mechanism for aromatic electrophilic substitution reaction is. (K_(1) and K_(2) are rate constant for the forward reaction) also C-D bond in harder to break than a C-H bond, and consequently reaction in which C-D bond broken proceed more slowly than the reaction in which C-H bond are broken. However experimetns reveal that nitration of C_(6)H_(6) and C_(6)D_(6) proceeds at equal rates while the same is not true for sulphonation of C_(6)H_(6) and C_(6)D_(6). Q. In the nitration reaction
Answer» <html><body><p>`k_(<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/1-256655" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 1">1</a>)=k_(2)`<br/>`k_(1) gt k_(2)`<br/>`k_(1) lt k_(2)`<br/>`k_(1) <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/underset-3243992" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about UNDERSET">UNDERSET</a>(~)(-) k_(2)`</p><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/solution-25781" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SOLUTION">SOLUTION</a> :In electrophylic substitutions step 1 is RDS.</body></html>