Question
Describe the following :
Acetylation

Answer

Acetylation : Benzene or substituted benzene reacts with acid chloride in presence of anhydrous aluminium chloride $\left( AlCl _3\right)$ gives corresponding ketones. This is called Friedel-Crafts Acetylation reaction.
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But the compounds containing active H like alcohol $( ROH )$, Phenol $\left( C _6 H _5 OH \right)$ and Amines $\left( R - NH _2\right)$ reacts with $CH _3 COCl$ without catalyst then $H ^{+}$is replaced by ImageThis is called Acetylation reaction.

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