State true or false.

Geminal dihalide same as vicinal dihalide.

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answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

The given statement is false.
Concept- Geminal and vicinal dihalide differs in the number of groups around the carbon atom
The dihalide in which the same halogen atom is present around the carbon atom is geminal dihalide.
The compound having the same halogen atoms around adjacent carbon is termed vicinal dihalide. The primary distinction between geminal and vicinal dihalides is that while vicinal dihalides have two halide groups connected to two nearby carbon atoms in the same compound, in geminal dihalides, one carbon atom is linked to both halide groups.
When vinyl halide performs an additional reaction with hydrogen chloride to make geminal dihalide, which is created when two halogen atoms are bonded to the same carbon atom and are created by an addition reaction of vinyl halide. Vicinal dihalides develop when the two halogen atoms are formed by the reaction of a halogen and an alkene and are on nearby carbon atoms.
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Geminal and vicinal dihalides can be position isomers of one another when their structural formula is the same, but there is a change in the position of the halogen.
Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

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