Assertion: Acetic acid does not undergo haloform reaction.

Reason: Acetic acid has no alpha hydrogens.

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Solution

Assertion Is True (Since Haloform reaction is undergone only by ketones )

But Reason Is False (CH base 3COOH has 3 alpha hydrogenshydrogens.)

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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.

(d) If the assertion and reason both are false.

(e) If assertion is false but reason is true.

Assertion: Acetic acid does not undergo haloform reaction.

Reason: Acetic acid has no alpha hydrogens.

Assertion: Acetic acid does not act as an acid in benzene.
Reason: Benzene does not accept a proton.

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