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( a ) Explain why pyridine A undergoes electrophilic substitution of hydrogen much less readily than benzene. Draw a mechanism for the reaction below to

(a) Explain why pyridine A undergoes electrophilic substitution of hydrogen much less readily than benzene. Draw a mechanism for the reaction below to show why the electrophile enters in the 3-nosition.
(b) Draw mechanisms to explain why furan B gives 2-bromofuran on bromination in an inert solvent, but gives a completely different compound in methanol.
(c) Explain why pyrrole C undergoes electrophilic substitution of hydrogen much more readily than pyridine A. Explain why pyrrole is selectively brominated at C-2 by N-bromosuccinimide (a mild source of Br+
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