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Assertion : Carboxylic acids do not undergo Friedel - Crafts reaction.
Reason : Carboxyl group is meta-directing group.
A. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B. If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C. If assertion is true but reason is false.
D. If both assertion and reason are false.

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Correct Answer - B
Carboxylic acids do not undergo Friedel - Crafts reaction because the -COOH group is deactivating and the catalyst aluminium chloride (Lewis acid) gets bonded to the carboxyl group.

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