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Assertion( A) The boiling points of alkyl halides decrease in the order `RI gt RBr gt RCl gt RF`
Reason (R) The boiling points of alkyl chlorides, bromides and iodides are considerably higher than that of the hydrocarbon of comparable molecular mass.

A

Assertion and reason both are correct and reason is correct explanation of assertion.

B

Assertion and reason both are wrong statements.

C

Assertion is correct but reason is wrong statement.

D

Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not

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The correct Answer is:
D

Correct explanation. For the same hydrocarbon part, the boiling points decreases as the atomic mass off the halogen decreases.
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