Q. Which reaction is used for the preparation of acetophenone?

A) Reimer-Tiemann reaction
B) Wurtz-Fittig reaction
C) Friedel-Craft’s reaction
D) Cannizaro’s reaction
Explanation

(c)
Acetophenone can be prepared by Friedel-Craft’s reaction. By treating benzene with acetyl chloride in presence of anhydrous aluminium chloride acetophenone is obtained.
$C_{6}H_{5}H + ClCOCH_{3}\overset{Anhyd.AlCl_{3}}{\rightarrow}C_{6}H_{5}COCH_{3} + HCl$
Benzene acetyl acetophenone
chloride

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