Chemistrybasics-of-organic-chemistry2025medium
Given below are two statements :
Statement (I): On nitration of m-xylene with HNO3,H2SO4 followed by oxidation, 4-nitrobenzene-1,3-dicarboxylic acid is obtained as the major product.
Statement (II) : −CH3 group is o/p-directing while −NO2 group is m-directing group.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :