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Solvent used in dry-cleaning of clothes is:

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Correct option: C

Carbon tetrachloride

Option C (Carbon tetrachloride) is correct because carbon tetrachloride (

CCl_4

) was historically used as a solvent in dry-cleaning due to its ability to dissolve fats, oils, and grease.

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An alkyl halide reacts with metallic sodium in dry ether. The reaction is known as : In electrophilic substitution reaction of chlorobenzene, the chloro group: Which of the followings statements is/are incorrect? Polymerization of alkenes takes place through Assertion (A): The boiling points of alkyl halides decrease in the order:

RI > {R B r} > {R C I} > {R F}

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Reason (R): The boiling points of alkyl chlorides, bromides and iodides are considerably higher than that of the hydrocarbon of comparable molecular mass. Friedel-Craft’s reaction of bromobenzene with methyl iodide gives: