Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: Benzene is more stable than hypothetical cyclohexatriene. Reason R: The delocalized -electron cloud is attracted strongly by nuclei of carbon atoms.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A
A is true but R is false
- B
A is false but R is true
- C
Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
- D
Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A