Chemistry · Organic Chemistry
Given the two statements below: Assertion (A): Phenol gives 2,4,6-trinitrophenol on treatment with a mixture of concentrated HNO3 and concentrated H2SO4. Reason (R): The -OH group in phenol is meta-directing. Select the correct option:
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- 1Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
- 2Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
- 3Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.✓
- 4Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
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Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
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