Friedel Crafts Acylation and Akylation @mikedavis6274

Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

This video shows the process for Friedel-Crafts Acylation and Akylation using AlCl3 as a Lewis Acid. A mechanism is shown for both processes.

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Friedel Crafts Acylation and Akylation

Name: Alkylation Reactions for Benzene @mikedavis6274
Uploaded: 2020-04-08T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: Two different methods are shows for putting a longer alkyl group on a benzene molecule. We go over the reactions that are useful for adding a long straight chain alkyl group without rearrangement. We work through an example problem as well.