Why is anhydrous AlCl3 used as catalyst in several organic reactions?
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Anhydrous AlCl3acts as a lewis acid, thus it can accept electron to form intermediates and speed up the reaction.AlCl3 will lead to the formation of a carbocation which helps in the elctrophilic substitution reaction.
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Because AlCl3 is very reactive it will increse the speed of reaction without any changes in itself.
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