JEE Main Chemistry question

Statement 1 (Assertion): White phosphorus is more reactive than red phosphorus. Statement 2 (Reason): Red phosphorus consists of tetrahedral units linked to one another to form linear chains.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for Assertion
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for AssertionCorrect
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (B)

Solution

White phosphorus exists as discrete, highly strained tetrahedra (with P–P–P angles), which makes it far more reactive than the polymeric, chain-linked structure of red phosphorus described in the reason. Both statements are factually true, but the reason describes red

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