Haloalkanes And Haloarenes

Question
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Out of chlorobenzene and benzyl chloride, which one gets easily hydrolysed by aqueous NaOH and why?

Solution

Benzyl chloride gets easily hydrolysed by aqueous NaOH because chlorobenzene a partial double bond develops between carbon and chlorine bond due to which bond become short and strong substitution of chlorine become very difficult.

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