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Why aniline cannot undergo friedel crafts reaction saralstudy

Answer 1

Aniline does not undergo Friedel craft's reactions because the reagent AlCl3 (the Lewis acid which is used as a catalyst in friedel crafts reaction), being electron deficient acts as a Lewis base. and attacks on the lone pair of nitrogen present in aniline to form an insoluble complex which precipitates out and the reaction does not proceed.

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