Explain why the dipole moment of chlorobenzene is lower than that of cyclohexyl chloride. (b) an optically active compound having molecular formula c7h15br reacts with aqueous koh to give a racemic mixture of products. Write the mechanism involved in this reaction.
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In chlorobenzene c-cl bond is partly double due to resonance but in cyclohexylchloride c-cl bond is purely single. Since bond length of partly double bond is smaller than single bond therefore dipole moment of chlorobenzene is lower than that of cyclohexylchloride.
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