Which of the following statements is not correct?

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Carboxylic acids and their derivatives are collectively known as acyl compounds.

Acyl compounds (RCOW) undergo electrophilic substitution reaction in which W is replaced by some other basic group.

Acyl compounds undergo nucleophilic substitution reactions more readily than the compounds containing no carbonyl group.

The acyl compounds differ from aldehydes or ketones in the respect that the former undergo nucleophilic substitution reactions while the latter undergo nucleophilic addition reactions.

answer is B.

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(a) The acyl compounds contain RCO group

(b) Because of

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group, acyl compounds undergo nucleophilic substitution reactions because carbonyl carbon is slightly positively charged.

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