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प्रश्न
Assertion (A) : Nucleophilic substitution of iodoethane is easier than chloroethane.
Reason (R) : Bond enthalpy of C-I bond is less than that of C-Cl bond.
विकल्प
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(A) is true, but (R) is false.
(A) is false, but (R) is true.
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उत्तर
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Explanation:
Iodine is a better leaving group than chlorine because of its larger size, it will be released at a higher rate in the presence of an incoming nucleophile.
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