Among the following, total number of meta directing functional groups is ________ . (Integer based)
—OCH3,—NO2,—CN,—CH3,—NHCOCH3,—COR,—OH,—COOH,—Cl [2024]
(4)
Among given species, —NO2,—C≡N,—COR and —COOH are -M groups, hence are meta directing groups.