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Amongst the following, the compound that can be most readily sulphonated is 

(a) Benzene 

(b) Nitrobenzene 

(c) Toluene 

(d) Chlorobenzene

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(c) Toluene 

Toluene is most readily sulfonated among these because methyl group is electron donating (+I effect), activates benzene ring for electrophilic aromatic substitution. Because in nitrobezene and chlorobenzene, -I groups are present which deactive the ring by making the ring disfavourable for electrophilic substitution reaction.

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