Out of benzene, m-dinitro benzene and toluene which will undergo nitration most easily and why? 

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CH3- is a ERG while –NO2 is a EWG .Therefore electron density is more in toluene than in benzene and the electron density in m-dinitrobenzene will be less than in benzene therefore toluene will undergo easily in nitration reaction. 

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