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Which of the following statements about benzyl chloride is incorrect?

Options

  1. AIt is a lachrymatory liquid and answers Beilstein's test.
  2. BIt gives a white precipitate with alcoholic silver nitrate.
  3. CIt is less reactive than alkyl halides.
  4. DIt can be oxidised to benzaldehyde by boiling with copper nitrate solution.

Correct answer

C. It is less reactive than alkyl halides.

Step-by-step solution

Benzyl chloride is more reactive than alkyl halides as benzyl carbocation is stabilised by resonance. Hence, it easily gives nucleophilic substitution reaction.

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