Question

Reaction of alkyl halides with aromatic compounds in presence of anhydrous $AlCl_{3}$ is known as.

• A. Friedal-Craft reaction
• B. Hofmann degradation
• C. Kolbe’s synthesis
• D. Beckmann rearrangement

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Friedal-Craft reaction

Answer 2

Acylation or alkylation of aromatic compound in presence of $AlCl_{3}$ is known as Friedal-craft reaction.

& \text{chloro} \\ & \text{methane} \end{aligned}}{CH_{3}Cl}\underset{AlCl_{3}}{\overset{\quad\text{dry}\quad}{\rightarrow}}\underset{\text{Toluene}}{C_{6}H_{5}CH_{3}} + HCl$$