conversion of benzene to isobutyl benzene
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Synthesis of isobutylbenzene from benzene
First, a Friedel-Crafts acylation functionalizes benzene with an isobutyryl moiety (1). This substituent is reduced to an isobutyl group through a Clemmensen reduction, yielding isobutylbenzene (2).
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