The major product of the following reaction is:

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Aicharya · Accepted Answer

Methoxy group increases the pKa of the phenol group - it makes it less acidic. The oxygen atom does indeed exert an electron-withdrawing inductive effect, but the lone pairs on the oxygen cause the exact opposite effect So the methoxy group is an electron-donating group by resonance.

The major product of the following reaction is:

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