Friedel–Crafts reaction
Set of reactions to attach substituents to an aromatic ring / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Friedel–Crafts reactions are a set of reactions developed by Charles Friedel and James Crafts in 1877 to attach substituents to an aromatic ring.[1] Friedel–Crafts reactions are of two main types: alkylation reactions and acylation reactions. Both proceed by electrophilic aromatic substitution.[2][3][4][5]
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Named after | Charles Friedel James Crafts | ||||||||
Reaction type | Coupling reaction | ||||||||
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RSC ontology ID | RXNO:0000369 | ||||||||
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