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"Inter halogén compounds are. more reactive than the constituent halogen molecules" ' Do you agree with this' statement? Justify.

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Ans: Yes. Interhalogen compounds are more reactive than halogens due to difference in the electronegativities of combining atoms. The covalent bond formed is weaker in interhalogen than in halo- gens.
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