C6H6 react with Ch3COCl
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Classic example of Friedel Crafts' Acylation Reaction.
We get Acetophenone (C6H5COCH3) as the major product.
Now lets see the mechanism :)
AlCl3 is considered to be a Lewis Acid or in simpler words an “electron hungry species”. So, when it sees Acetyl Chloride (CH3COCl) it extracts the -Cl minus from the latter and itself gets transformed into AlCl4 minus. Now it is quite stable because his hunger has been satisfied.
Now it leaves behind an electrophile -COCH3 minus. We all know that benzene undergoes aromatic electrophilic substitution reactions. As a result the other electrophile gets attached to the benzene ring thereby forming Acetophenone (C6H5COCH3).
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C6H6+CH3COCl=C6H5COCH3+HCl
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