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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

\(\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{Cl}\) bond in chlorobenzene a comparison to \(\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{Cl}\) bond in methyl chloride is

  1. A longer and weaker
  2. B shorter and weaker
  3. C shorter and stronger
  4. D longer and stronger
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(C) shorter and stronger

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Because of \(+R\) effect of Cl-atom with the ring, \(\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{Cl}\) bond in chlorobenzene gets a double bond character and it becomes shorter and stronger than the \(\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{Cl}\) bond of in methyl chloride \(\left(\mathrm{CH}_3-\mathrm{Cl}\right)\), which…