Question

Conversion of benzene to diphenyl

Answer 1

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Benzene to chlorobenzane by action of Cl2/ AlCl3

Cholorobenzene on reaction with sodium metal with dry either gives diphenyl...i hope it helps you

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Answer 2

Answer: The conversion is given below.

Explanation:

For the conversion of benzene to biphenyl, we will follow two steps:

Step 1: Converting benzene to chlorobenzene

For, this, we add chlorine in the presence of aluminium chloride. This reaction is an electrophilic substitution reaction.

Step 2: Converting chlorobenze to diphenyl

Taking 2 moles of chlorobenzene formed and reacting it with sodium metal in the presence of dry ether results in the formation of diphenyl. This reaction is known as Fittig reaction.

The conversion of benzene to diphenyl is given in the image attached.