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Assertion: It is difficult to replace chlorine by -OH in chlorobenzene in comparison to that in chloroethane.
Reason : Chlorine-carbon (C-Cl) bond in chlorobenzene has a partial double bond character due to resonance.

A

If both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

B

If both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C

If (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.

D

If both (A) and (R) are incorrect.

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A
It is difficult to replace chloririeby -OH in chlorobenzene `(C_(6)H_(5)Cl)` in comparison to that in chloroethane (`C_(2)H_(5)Cl`) because chlorine -carbon (C-Cl) bond in chlorobenzene (`C_(6)H_(5)Cl`) has a partial double bond character due to resonance.
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