Which of the following statements is false? a) racemic mixtures of enantiomers do not rotate the plane of polarized light. b) cyclobutane is more reactive than butane. c) aldehydes are less reactive than ketones. d) the stability of benzene is a major function of delocalized π bonding. e) all of them are true

the electronic configuration of an atom with eight electrons is 1s²2s²2p⁴. the orbital diagrams are shown in the figure.

as per the hunds rule:

1. electrons tend to avoid being in the same orbital as per as practicable.

2. electrons in different orbitals of the same energy will have their spin parallel.

this can be illustrated from the multiplicity of the orbitals of the atom. as there are four electrons in the p orbital and p orbital has 3 sub-shells. the electrons can be fed in different ways as shown in the figure but the correct orbital diagram will be as per the hunds rule.

your answer is a. the enthalpy of formation for a pure element in its standard state is always positive.