Download Benzene To M-Nitrotoluene Gif. This structure makes it behave more like a. This is a little trickier than you might think at first glance.

The nitro group is a meta director but it is also a strongly deactiva.

Nitrotoluenes are produced commercially, as a mixture, by nitration of toluene. The benzene molecule is unsaturated but the double bonds present inside the benzene ring are delocalized due to bond resonance (pi structure). Toluene is a clear, flammable, aromatic hydrocarbon liquid with a smell similar to benzene. Internationally, it is also used in a variety of industries, but is not intentionally added to consumer.