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Statement 1 : CHCl3 is more acidic than CHF3.

Statement 2 : The conjugate base of  CHCl3 is more stable than CHF3

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a

Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true.

b

Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.

c

Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true.

d

Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are false.

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

The conjugate base of  CHCl3 is more stable than conjugate base of CHF3C-F3.  C-Cl3 stabilized by -I effect of chlorine atoms as well as by the Resonance(or) back bonding. But conjugate base of CHF3C-F3 is stabilized only by -I effect of fluorine atoms. 

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