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The herbicide Propranil, shown below, is synthesized commercially from chlorobenzene. Which sequence of reactions would be most effective for carrying out this synthesis?

(A) Chlorination, nitration, reduction, acylation.

(B) Chlorination, reduction, nitration, acylation.

(C) Nitration, chlorination, reduction, acylation.

(D) Nitration, reduction, chlorination, acylation.

(E) It doesn’t matter; they would all work equally well.