Class 12 NEET Chemistry Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Question : 17 of 67

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Given below are two statements : one is
labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is
labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) :
Chlorine is an electron withdrawing group but it
is ortho, para directing in electrophilic aromatic
substitution.
Reason (R) :
Inductive effect of chlorine destabilises the
intermediate carbocation formed during the
electrophilic substitution, however due to the
more pronounced resonance effect, the
halogen stabilises the carbocation at ortho and
para positions.
In the light of the above statements, choose the
most appropriate answer from the options
given below :

[NEET Re-2022]

(A) is not correct but (R) is correct.
Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the
correct explanation of (A).
Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not
the correct explanation of (A).
(A) is correct but (R) is not correct.

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