Which product is formed when the following compound is treated with B r 2 in the presence of F e B r 3 ?

Which product is formed when the following compound is treated with Br2 in the presence of FeBr3?

Solution

m-xylene on bromination with bromine in presence of ferric bromide gives 1-bromo-2,4-dimethylbenzene.
This is represented by option C which shows a pair of identical compounds.
This is an electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction and since the methyl group is ortho para directing, the substitution occurs at a position which is ortho to one methyl group and para to other methyl group.

Asked in: NEET 2014

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