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Asseration:Phenol is more reactive than benzene towards electrophilic substitution reaction. Reason:In the case of phenol,the intermediate carbocation is more resonance stabilised

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Q. Assertion :Phenol is more reactive than benzene towards electrophilic substitution reaction. Reason: In case of phenol, the intermediate carbocation is more resonance stabilised

STATEMENT-1: Phenol is more reactive than benzene towards electrophilic substitution.
STATEMENT-2: In the case of Phenol, the intermediate carbocation is more resonance stabilized.

Q. Assertion :Phenol is more reactive than benzene towards

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Reason: In the case of phenol, the intermediate carbocation is more resonance stabilized.

Q. Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below:
(a)If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
(b)If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
(c)If assertion is true but reason is false.
(d)If assertion is false but reason is true.

Assertion: Phenol is more reactive than benzene towards electrophilic substitution reaction.
Reason : In the case of phenol, the intermediate phenoxide is more resonance stabilized.

Number of compounds which are more reactive than phenol towards electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction is:

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