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The two most common allotropes of phosphorus are white and red phosphorus. Identify which allotrope is more reactive and explain your answer.
White phosphorus is more reactive because of the bond strain in the unusual structure of the molecule.
Red phosphorus is more reactive because it is a long polymeric chain and prefers to be reduced to a smaller molecule.
White phosphorus is more reactive because of the chain of rings in the structure and its polymeric nature.
Red phosphorus is more reactive because of the fused rings present in the structure.