Chlorine reacts with ethanol to give

  • A
    Ethyl chloride
  • B
    Chloroform
  • C
    Acetaldehyde
  • D
    Chloral

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An organic compound neither reacts with neutral ferric chloride solution nor with Fehling solution. It,however,reacts with Grignard reagent and gives a positive iodoform test. The compound is:

Assertion : Benzaldehyde is more reactive than ethanol towards nucleophilic attack.
Reason : The overall effect of $-I$ and $+R$ effect of phenyl group decreases the electron density on the carbon atom of $>C=O$ group in benzaldehyde.

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