JEE CHEMISTRY MCQ: HYDROCARBONS

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Assertion (A): In the electrophilic substitution of aryl halides, the incoming electrophile gets attached to the meta position.

Reason (R): Aryl halides are moderately deactivating.

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Correct option: D

R is correct; A is incorrect

Option D is correct because aryl halides are ortho/para directing due to resonance, not meta directing, and the reason that aryl halides are moderately deactivating is correct.

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