Chlorobenzene is .

Options

A. Less reactive than benzyl chloride
B. More reactive than ethyl bromide
C. Nearly as reactive as methyl chloride
D. More reactive than isopropy chloride

Answer

A

Explanation

(Chloeobenzene) is less reactive than In chlorobenzene the lone pairs present on `CI` atom get involved in resonance with `pi` electrons of benzene due to which `C-CI` bond acquires double bond character Hence reactivity decreases
.