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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Chemistry

Chapter

Organic: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Question:

Wurtz–Fittig reaction takes place between

Options:

R–X and R–X

R–X and Ar–X

Ar–X and Ar–X

R–X and R CuLi

Correct Answer:

R–X and Ar–X

Explanation:

The answer is (2) R–X and Ar–X.

The Wurtz–Fittig reaction is a chemical reaction that combines an alkyl halide (R–X) and an aryl halide (Ar–X) to form a substituted aromatic compound. The reaction is named after Charles Adolphe Wurtz and Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, who independently discovered the reaction in the 1850s.