Given below are two statements : Consider the following reaction

Given below are two statements :
Consider the following reaction
  1. Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  2. Statement I is true but Statement II is false
  3. Statement I is false but Statement II is true
  4. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Solution

$\mathrm{k}_{\mathrm{eq}}=2280$ is for HCHO
$\mathrm{k}_{\text {eq }}=2000$ is for chloral
Both data is given in clayden and warren book. $\mathrm{k}_{\mathrm{eq}}>1$ because HCHO and chloral are more electrophilic.

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