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Nitin Bhatnagar

If Fluorine is an electron withdrawing group, why is it an Ortho_Para director?

All other non-halogen withdrawing groups seem to be meta directors?

Unlike of other withdrawing groups, would Fluorine destabilize aldehydes because of this different character?