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Give reasons for the following :
(a) Benzoic acid does not undergo Friedel-Crafts reaction.
(b) $ ext{HCHO}$ is more reactive than $ ext{CH}_3 ext{CHO}$ towards addition of $ ext{HCN}$.
(c) Vinyl group directly attached with carboxylic acid should decrease the acidity of corresponding carboxylic acid due to resonance, but on the contrary it increases the acidity.