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Resonance makes aryl halides unreactive to nucleophiles. How?
AC-X gets double bond nature
BC-X bond becomes weaker
CC-X carbon becomes sp3
DPhenyl cation is stable
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. C-X gets double bond nature
Halogen lone pairs conjugate with the ring, giving C-X partial double bond character that resists cleavage.
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