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Give reason for the following in one or two sentences:
'Although benzene in highly unsaturated, normally it does not undergo addition reaction'.

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In benzene all the three `pi-` bonds are deloclised and it is resonance stablised, hence it does not undergo addition reaction.
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  • Although benzene is highly unsaturated it does not undergo addition reactions. The explanation of this can be suggested as

    A
    `pi`-electrons of benzene ring are delocalised
    B
    since `pi`-electrons are present inside the ring, addition cannot take place
    C
    cyclic structures do not show addition reactions
    D
    benzene is not a reactive compound.
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