Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A: The order of acidic nature of the following compounds is A B C.
Reason R: Fluoro is a stronger electron-withdrawing group than the chloro group.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A
Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
- 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
A is true but R is false