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Acylation of benzene to produce aliphati...

Acylation of benzene to produce aliphatic aromatic ketones is known as

A

Benzoin condensation

B

Hydroformylation

C

Clemmensen reduction

D

Friedel-Craft’s reaction

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D
`underset("Benzene")(C_6H_6) + underset("Acetyl chloride")(CH_3COCl) overset("anhyd."AlCl_3)underset(Delta) rarrunderset("(alphatic aromatic ketone)")underset("Acetophenoe")(C_6H_5CO CH_3 = HCl)`
This is Friedel-Craft' s reaction.
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