Which of the following cannot be prepared by Sandmeyer’s reaction?

• In case of (iii) Iodobenzene different reagents as KI used to obtain the product because it cannot be formed in presence of Cu(I) ( Iodine being less reactive than other halogens)



• And for (iv) Fluoro-benzene it cannot be formed by this reaction due to the high reactivity of Fluorine the reaction b/w F and benzene and rigorous and highly explosive.


The other 2 options (i) Chlorobenzene (ii) Bromobenzene can be formed by this reaction.

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