Friedel–Crafts reactions
What Friedel–Crafts reactions means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Reactions in which a benzene ring gains a new carbon–carbon bond to a substituent, either by alkylation using a haloalkane or by acylation using an acyl chloride.
Reactions of benzene with a halogenoalkane or an acyl chloride in the presence of an AlCl₃ catalyst, forming a new carbon–carbon bond.
Topics that use Friedel–Crafts reactions
- Carbon–carbon bond formation (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Acid hydrolysis of nitriles
- Carbon chain extension and carbon counting
- Carbon–carbon bond formation
- Carboxylic acid formation
- Chain lengthening in synthesis
- Friedel–Crafts acylation
- Halogen carrier
- Hydrolysis to carboxylic acids
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