CBSE Class 12 Chemistry 2019 Outside Delhi Set 1 Solved Paper

Question : 3 of 9

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Out of Chlorobenzene and cyclohexyl chloride, which one is more reactive towards nucleophilic substitution reaction and why?

Solution:

Cyclohexyl chloride. Because of partial double bond character of

{\C}- {\Cl}

bond in chlorobenzene/ Resonance effect/sp

p^3

hybridised crabon in cyclohexyl chloride whereas

{\ sp}^2

carbon in chlorobenzene.

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