Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R Assertion A: Benzene is more stable than hypothetical cyclohexatriene Reason R: The delocalised π electron cloud is attracted more strongly by nuclei of carbon atoms. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(B) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

(C) Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R Assertion A : Benzene is more stable than hypothetical cyclohexatriene Reason R : The delocalised

\pi

electron cloud is attracted more strongly by nuclei of carbon atoms. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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