Provide a series of synthetic steps by which the compound below can be prepared from benzene.

A line-angle formula shows a ring with six vertices, alternating single and double bonds, an NO2 group attached to the first vertex, and a C atom attached to the fourth vertex to the right. The C atom has a Br atom single-bonded below, a CH3 group attached by a dash above, and a CH3 group attached with a wedge to the right.