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ChemistryAromatic Compounds and Aryl HalidesJEE Main

Benzene undergoes substitution reactions more easily than addition because

Answer: (D)

Solution

Benzene's aromatic resonance stabilisation is lost if an addition reaction converts a ring carbon to sp³; substitution,

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