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Identify the carboxylic acid chloride that might be used in a Friedel-Crafts reaction to prepare the following acyl benzene.


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Solution

The correct option is C
Friedel-Crafts Acylation : One H atom attached to C atom of the ring gets replaced by Acyl (RCO) group.

The attacking electrophile is an acyl carbocation (R+CO) made available by Acid halide (RCOX).


Hence, the correct answer is option (c).

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