Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Benzene is nitrated to give nitrobenzene, which on further treatment with will give the product shown.
Statement II: group is a meta-directing and deactivating group.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
- A
Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
- B
Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
- C
Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
- D
Both Statement I and Statement II are correct