Spot the false claim
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- Questions
- False statement
- The C to Cl bond is longer in a haloarene than in a haloalkane.
- Statements
- In a haloarene the halogen sits on an sp2 hybridised carbon.
- Resonance gives the C to Cl bond of a haloarene partial double bond character.
- The C to Cl bond is longer in a haloarene than in a haloalkane.
- False statement
- A phenyl cation is stabilised by resonance, so haloarenes follow SN1 easily.
- Statements
- A phenyl cation is stabilised by resonance, so haloarenes follow SN1 easily.
- Chlorobenzene becomes phenol with aqueous NaOH at 623 K and 300 atmospheres.
- A nitro group at the ortho position raises the reactivity of a haloarene.
- False statement
- 2-Bromopentane gives pent-1-ene as the major alkene on dehydrohalogenation.
- Statements
- Alcoholic KOH pulls hydrogen from the beta carbon of a haloalkane.
- 2-Bromopentane gives pent-1-ene as the major alkene on dehydrohalogenation.
- Zaitsev's rule picks the alkene with more alkyl groups on the doubly bonded carbons.
- Instructions
- Tap the one statement in each trio that is false.
_Source: syllabus Chemistry Part 2, Ch 6 Haloalkanes and Haloarenes_
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