Assertion (A): | Benzaldehyde is less reactive than acetaldehyde towards nucleophiles. |
Reason (R): | Carbonyl carbon in benzaldehyde has less positive charge than that of carbonyl carbon in acetaldehyde due to resonance. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is true but (R) is false. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are false. |
Assertion (A): | Formic acid can be oxidized to carbonic acid. |
Reason (R): | Formic acid does not give brisk effervescence with NaHCO3. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is a True but (R) is False. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are False. |