{"id":49000,"date":"2023-10-06T12:49:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T07:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thechemistrynotes.com\/?p=49000"},"modified":"2023-10-06T12:49:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T07:04:13","slug":"friedel-crafts-reactions-mechanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thechemistrynotes.com\/friedel-crafts-reactions-mechanism\/","title":{"rendered":"Friedel-Crafts Reactions: Mechanism, Applications, Limitations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Friedel-Crafts reaction<\/strong>s<\/strong> generate new C-C bonds in organic molecules. The aromatic molecule is alkylated or acylated in the presence of an acid catalyst, such as AlCl3<\/sub>, BF3<\/sub>, ZnCl2<\/sub>, FeCl3<\/sub>, and so on. In Friedel-Crafts reactions catalyst’s role is to produce the attacking particle, an alkyl or an acyl cation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An acylation reaction is one form of Friedel-Crafts reaction in which an RC=O group – an acyl group – is replaced for a hydrogen atom (bonded to a carbon atom) in the benzene ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alkylation is a sort of Friedel Crafts reaction in which one of the benzene ring’s H atoms is replaced with an alkyl group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Friedel-Crafts reaction is an electrophilic aromatic substitution<\/a> of an aromatic chemical. Two scientists, French Charles Friedel and American James Crafts, invented this well-known Friedel-Crafts reaction. In the Friedel-Crafts reaction, the aromatic molecule undergoes an electrophilic substitution, and the hydrogen atom in the benzene is substituted with an electrophile in the presence of a Lewis acid such as anhydrous aluminum chloride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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