which solvent media to be taken for acylation of bromobenzene with acetyl chloride in presence of anhydrous aluminium chloride
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10th Jun, 2021
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The given action between bromo benzene undergoing reaction with acetyl chloride in the presence of aluminium chloride which is a weak acidic agent which helps in in removal of bromine as a leaving group and addition of acetyl group on the benzene ring. Here, the suitable solvent for carrying out this reaction should be a polar aprotic solvent because of the involvement of a lot of halogen groups of electronegativity which needs to be neutralized by the polar solvent.
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