Identify the final product of the reaction sequence?
A
Benzophenone
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B
Acetophenone
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C
Diphenyl
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D
Methyl salicylate
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Solution
The correct option is A Acetophenone Phenol with Zn gets reduced to benzene i.e X which undergoes Friedel-craft acylation reaction with Acid chloride in the presence of anhydrous AlCl3. Thus benzene with acetyll chloride gives acetophenone i.e Y.