Question

benzophenone is converted to phenyl benzoate by

Answer 1

Answer:

The hydrolysis of benzonitrle gives benzoic acid. Decarboxylation, upon heating with soda lime, converts benzoic acid into benzene. Friedel Crafts Acylation with benzoyl chloride in presence of anhydrous aluminum chloride gives benzophenone.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Benzophenone is converted to phenyl benzoate by Friedel Crafts Acylation.

Explanation:

• Friedel Crafts Acylationis the reaction by which an arene reacts with acyl chloride with the use of lewis Acids catalyst.
• Arene + Acyl chlorides or Acyl anhydrides ---Lewis acid catalyst-------- Benzophenone
• here anhydrous aluminum chloride is used as catalyst.
• Friedel Crafts Acylation is an electrophillic aromatic substitution which can form monoacylated products.
• It involves the formation of a complex between the lewis acid and the chlorine atom of acid chloride.
• An acylium ion is formed by the cleavage of the carbon- chlorine bond in the complex.
• Acylium ion will act as an electrophile and it reacts with the arene to yield monoacylated product.