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Structure and Physical Properties of Ethers

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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.
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) If assertion and reason both are false.

Assertion : HOF bond angle is greater than HOCl bond angle.
Reason : Oxygen is more electronegative than halogens

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Solution

The correct option is D d
HOCl bond angle is greater than HOF bond angle due to very small size of fluorine or due to bond-pair-bond pair repulsion.

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