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Assertion (A) Like bromination of benzene, bromination of phenol is also carried out in the presence of Lewis acid.
Reason (R) Lewis acid polarises the bromine molecule.
(a) Assertion and reason both are correct and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Assertion and reason both are wrong statements.
(c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
(d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.
(e) Both assertion and reason are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation of assertion.

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Answer: (d). The assertion is a wrong statement but the reason is a correct statement.
Correct Assertion: Bromination of phenol can be carried out in absence of Lewis acid but not of phenol is carried out in presence of a Lewis acid.


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