The function of anhydrous aluminium chloride in the Friedel-Crafts reaction is to:

Absorb water

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Acts as Lewis base

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Produce an electrophile

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Produce nucleophile

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Solution

The correct option is B Produce an electrophile
Here $A l C l_{3}$ acts as a Lewis acid as it gets electron pair from $R C l / R O C l$ and produces electrophile.

Option C is correct.

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