(A) Chloral reacts with phenyl chloride to form DDT
(R) It is an electrophilic substitution reaction

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Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) isthe correct explanation of (A)

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(A) is True but (R) is False

Both (A) and (R) are false

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A) is true. Chloral, which is also known as trichloroacetaldehyde, can react with phenyl chloride in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst such as aluminum chloride to form dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT.

Assertion: Chloral reacts with phenyl chloride to form DDT Reason: It ...

R) is also true. The reaction between chloral and phenyl chloride to form DDT is an example of an electrophilic substitution reaction.

What is the mechanism of the reaction between chloral and phenyl ...

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