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Explain the electrophilic substitution reaction of benzaldehyde with suitable example.
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Answer
→ Electrophilic substitution reaction: Aromatic aldehydes and ketones undergo electrophilic substitution at the ring in which the carbonyl group acts as a deactivating and meta-directing group.
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