Explain why borazine is more reactive than benzene toward the addition of HCl
Borazine is called as inorganic benzene. It is isostructural to benzene and involves Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution(EAS) reaction similar to benzene. Borazine is more reactive than benzene towards EAS reaction. Borazine is a highly polar molecule due to high Electronegativity difference between Boron and Nitrogen. The pi bonds in borazine are highly polarized than pi bonds in benzene. Thus borazine is more nucleophillic hence more reactive than benzene.
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