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Question
Assertion: It is difficult to replace chlorine by –OH in chlorobenzene in comparison to that in chloroethane.
Reason: Chlorine-carbon \[\ce{(C - Cl)}\] bond in chlorobenzene has a partial double bond character due to resonance.
Options
Assertion and reason both are correct and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
Assertion and reason both are wrong statements.
Assertion is correct but reason is wrong statement.
Assertion is wrong but reason is correct statement.
Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation of assertion.
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Solution
Assertion and reason both are correct and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
Explanation:
The statement at assertion 'It is difficult to replace chlorine by -OH in chlorobenzene' is a correct statement and the statement given for reason (i.e. Chlorine - Carbon (C - Cl) bond in chlorobenzene has a partial double bond character due to resonance is also correct.
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