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Which of the following statements is not compatible with arenes?

A

Arenes usually have good thermodynamic stability.

B

Arenes involve cyclic delocatlization of `(4n+2)pi` electrons.

C

Arenes show resonance

D

Arenes usually undergo electrophilic addition at ring double bonds.

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D
Arenes prefer to undergo electrophilic substitution reaction as in these reactions, the aromatic character is retained i.e., there is more or less no loss of resonance energy.
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