Electron-withdrawing groups aromatic substitution, carbanion

Note the differences between electrophilic and nucleophilic aromatic 1 substitutions Electrophilic substitutions are favored by electron-donofi g substituents, which stabilize the carbocation intermediate, while nucleophilic substitutions are favored by d ron-withdrawing substituents, which stabilize a carbanion intermediate. The electron-withdrawing groups that deactivate rings for electrophilic substitution (nitro, carbonyl, cyano, and so on) activate them for nucleophilic substitution. What s more, these groups are meta directors in electrophilic substitution, but are ortho-para directors in nucleophilic substitution. 

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