Identify major product ‘ P ’ formed in the following reaction.
Identify major product ‘’ formed in the following reaction.





Solution
Freidel-Crafts Acylation:
- Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction is a type of reaction where an acyl group is added to an aromatic ring.
- This reaction occurs in the presence of an acid chloride and a Lewis acid catalyst like Aluminium chloride .
- Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction, changes the aromatic ring into a aromatic ketone.

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