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TS EAMCET · Chemistry · Aldehydes and Ketones

The major product obtained in the reaction of isobutyl benzene with acetic anhydride in the presence of anhydrous AlCl3 is:

  1. A p-isobutyl acetophenone 
  2. B acetophenone
  3. C m-isobutyl acetophenone
  4. D o-isobutyl acetophenone
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(A) p-isobutyl acetophenone 

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Reaction. The Friedel–Crafts acylation is the reaction of an arene with acyl chlorides or anhydrides using a strong Lewis acid catalyst. This reaction proceeds via electrophilic aromatic substitution to form monoacylated products. Here acetic anhydride forms electrophile to show…