CBSE Class 12 Chemistry 2016 Delhi Set 1 Solved Paper

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Give reasons:
(i) CCl bond length in chlorobenzene is shorter than CCl bond length in CH3Cl.
(ii) The dipole moment of chlorobenzene is lower than that of cyclohexyl chloride.
(iii) SN1 reactions are accompanied by racemization in optically active alkyl halides.
Solution:  
(i) In chlorobenzene, due to resonance, there is a partial double bond character, so bond length is short.
(ii) The dipole moment of chlorobenzene is lower as bond length is shorter (µ=q×d) due to resonance and sp2 hybridized carbon, it has less tendency to release electrons than the sp3 hybrid of CCl (in cyclohexyl chloride). Hence, chlorobenzene is more electronegative resulting in decrease in polarity of CCl bond.
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