Chemistry Question from JEE Main 2026 · 22 January, Shift 1

As compared with chlorocyclohexane, which of the following statements correctly apply to chlorobenzene?

A. The magnitude of negative charge is more on the chlorine atom.

B. The $\text{C}-\text{Cl}$ bond has partial double bond character.

C. The $\text{C}-\text{Cl}$ bond is less polar.

D. The $\text{C}-\text{Cl}$ bond is longer due to repulsion between the delocalised electrons of the aromatic ring and the lone pairs of electrons of chlorine.

E. The $\text{C}-\text{Cl}$ bond is formed using an $sp^2$ hybridised orbital of carbon.

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