Interhalogen compounds are more reactive...

Interhalogen compounds are more reactive than the constituent halogens except fluorine - Explain.

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Inter halogen compounds are more reactive than halogens. This is because X - X bond in interhalogens is weaker than X - X bond in halogens except F - F bond.

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Interhalogen compounds are more reactive than the individual halogen because

Two halogens present in place of one

They are more ionic

Their bond polarity is more than that of the halogen molecule

They carry more energy

Which of the following compounds are more reactive towards NaOH.

`CH_3CH_2Cl`

`CH_3CH = CHCl`

(A) Highest atomicity of an interhalogen compound is 8 (R ) Highest valency exhibited by a halogen , other than fluorine is 7

Both (A) and (R ) are true and (R ) is the correct explanation of (A)

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

(A) is true but (R ) is false

Both (A) and (R ) are false