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Explain in simple words that Why chlorobenzene is less reactive than benzene.

Explain in simple words that Why chlorobenzene is less reactive than benzene.

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Umakant biswal
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7 years ago
@ shivali 
in chlorobenzene the electron pair of chlorine atom is in conjugation with the pi electron of benzene ring . thus chlorobenzene is a resonance hybrid , 
the C-CL bond have partial double bond charecter , as a result the c-cl bond in chlorobenzene is shorter and hence stronger , 
thus cleavage of c-cl bond in benzene becomes difficult , which makes it less reactive . 
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