Question

Assertion : Chloral reacts with phenyl chloride to form DDT. 

Reason : It is an electrophilic substitution reaction.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A

(c) A is true but R is false

(d) A and R are false

Answer 1

The correct option is (c) A is true but R is false.

Explanation:

When chlorobenzene is heated with chloral in the presence of conc. H₂SO₄ a powerful insecticide, DDT is formed with the elimination of water molecule.