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COMEDK · Chemistry · 25. Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding benzyl chloride?

  1. A It gives white precipitate with alcoholic \(\mathrm{AgNO}_{3}\).
  2. B It is an aromatic compound with substitution in the side chain.
  3. C It undergoes nucleophilic substitution reaction.
  4. D It is less reactive than vinyl chloride.
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(D) It is less reactive than vinyl chloride.

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Benzyl chloride is more reactive than vinyl chloride as benzyl carbocation is stabilised by resonance. While, in vinyl chloride due to partial double bond character became of resonance, the \(\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{Cl}\) bond strength increases. Hence, reactivity of vinyl chloride…
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