Ah, the classic textbook answer is about that strong C-Cl bond getting even stronger due to resonance with the benzene ring, making it stubborn for a nucleophile to attack. But in my lab, we see it not as "unreactive," but as needing the right persuasion—extreme conditions or a clever metal catalyst to make it dance. It reminds me of my student Chiranjeevi, who everyone thought was a slow learner until I found his rhythm with a silly cricket analogy; some things just need a different kind of energy to react. So, I suppose I see potential where the textbooks state impossibility, both in flasks and in my classroom.
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