Question 36

Given below are two statements one is labeled as Assertion (A) and the other is labeled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): $$CH_2=CH-CH_2-Cl$$ is an example of allyl halide
Reason (R): Allyl halides are the compounds in which the halogen atom is attached to $$sp^2$$ hybridised carbon atom.
In the light of the two above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Assertion (A): "$$CH_2=CH-CH_2-Cl$$ is an example of allyl halide."

This is TRUE. An allyl halide is a compound in which the halogen atom is bonded to a carbon atom that is adjacent to a carbon-carbon double bond (i.e., the halogen is on the allylic carbon). In $$CH_2=CH-CH_2-Cl$$, the chlorine is attached to the $$CH_2$$ group which is next to the $$C=C$$ double bond. This is indeed allyl chloride (3-chloropropene).

Reason (R): "Allyl halides are the compounds in which the halogen atom is attached to $$sp^2$$ hybridised carbon atom."

This is FALSE. In allyl halides, the halogen is attached to an $$sp^3$$ hybridised carbon atom (the allylic carbon, $$-CH_2-Cl$$), not an $$sp^2$$ hybridised carbon. Compounds where the halogen is attached to an $$sp^2$$ hybridised carbon are called vinyl halides (e.g., $$CH_2=CH-Cl$$), not allyl halides.

Therefore, (A) is true but (R) is false.

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