MHT CET Chemistry question

The increasing order of reduction of alkyl halides with zinc and dilute HCl is

Answer: (B)

Solution

Reduction with Zn/dil. HCl (nascent hydrogen) breaks the C-X bond, and the ease depends on the C-X bond strength, which decreases in the order C-Cl >

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