Identify the name of the reaction in which an aryl halide reacts with an alkyl halide and sodium metal in the presence of dry ether to yield substituted aromatic compounds.

  • A
    Wurtz reaction
  • B
    Wurtz-Fittig reaction
  • C
    Fittig reaction
  • D
    Finkelstein reaction

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In nucleophilic substitution reactions,alkyl halides are more reactive than aryl halides because...

$CH \equiv CH$ $\xrightarrow{\text{Red Hot Fe tube}} A$ $\xrightarrow[\text{Dark}]{Cl_2 / FeCl_3} B$ $\xrightarrow[\text{Anhy. } AlCl_3]{CH_3 - Cl} C$ (Major)
Product '$C$' is

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Assertion : The presence of nitro group facilitates nucleophilic substitution reactions in aryl halides.
Reason : The intermediate carbanion is stabilized due to the presence of nitro group.

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