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:

Question

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:

A is true but R is false

Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

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

A is false but R is true

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