Assertion : Vinyl chloride is less reactive than alkyl chlo…

Chemistry Haloalkanes and Haloarenes NCERT Single Correct MCQ

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Published on: August 14, 2026

Assertion : Vinyl chloride is less reactive than alkyl chloride.

Reason : Stability of alkyl halide decreases as the strength of bond decreases.

Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A.

Both A and R are correct but R is not correct explanation of A.

A is correct but R is incorrect.

Both A and R are false.

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Vinyl chloride itself shows resonance structure and thus stabilised. As vinyl chloride has partial double bond character thus breaking of C−Cl bond is difficult which makes vinyl chloride less reactive than alkyl chloride.

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