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Q. Which of the following gives a white precipitate with alcoholic silver nitrate?

COMEDKCOMEDK 2005Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Solution:

In chlorobenzene the electron lone pair of chlorine atom is in conjugation with benzene ring and hence chlorine atoms takes part in resonance and chlorobenzene does not show removal of chloride ion readily therefore it does not give white precipitate with alcoholic silver nitrate