Chemistry Question on Nucleophilic and electrophilic substitution reactions (both aromatic and aliphatic)

Question

Identify major product ‘P’ formed in the following reaction.

Answer 1

Solution

The reaction is an example of Friedel-Crafts acylation. The acylium ion ( $\text{RCO}^+$ ) generated by the reaction of acyl chloride with $\text{AlCl}_3$ acts as an electrophile and attacks benzene to form the acylated product.

$6(-C=O)-C=O$

Thus, the major product is:

$P = 6(-C=O)(-COPh)$
Chemical Reaction