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Offline Maria_88

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Benzene and isovaleryl chloride in presens of AlCl3
« on: June 09, 2010, 07:35:01 AM »
Hello I need help with figuring out the product of the following rection:

Benzene and isovaleryl chloride in the presence of AlCl3.

Please see image for a better explanation. (I want to know what X is)
http://imgur.com/LZnU6.jpg

If you could explaine what type of reaction this is to it would be apriciated!
Thanks in advance
/Maria
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Re: Benzene and isovaleryl chloride in presens of AlCl3
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2010, 08:25:28 AM »
That's a Friedel Crafts reaction.
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Re: Benzene and isovaleryl chloride in presens of AlCl3
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2010, 08:36:27 AM »
So that means the product would be:http://www.emolecules.com/cgi-bin/more?vid=480482

Right?

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Re: Benzene and isovaleryl chloride in presens of AlCl3
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2010, 10:17:00 AM »
Correct, although the product picture is missing one carbon.
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