NEET2016ChemistryHaloalkanes and HaloarenesActual
Assertion : Chlorobenzene is more reactive than benzene towards the electrophilic substitution reaction. Reason : Resonance destabilises the carbocation.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false.
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
D. If both assertion and reason are false.
Step-by-step solution
Chlorobenzene is less reactive than benzene towards the electrophilic substitution reactions due to -I -effect.