Which of the following compounds will not undergo Friedel-Crafts reaction easily:

Which of the following compounds will not undergo Friedel-Crafts reaction easily:
A Toluene
B Cumene
C Xylene
D Nitrobenzene

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The Friedel-Crafts reaction fails when a strongly deactivating group is attached to the benzene ring.

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