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Grade 12th PassOrganic Chemistry

why aniline donot give friedel craft reaction?

Profile image of anubhav raghav
13 Years agoGrade 12th Pass
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Profile image of Vikas TU
13 Years ago

H BONDING

 

Profile image of L DHANANJAYA ACHARY
13 Years ago

Aniline forms a salt with Aluminium chloride(the lewis acid which is used as a catalyst in friedel crafts reaction). Due to this nitrogen atom of aniline acquires a positive charge and hence acts as a strong deactivating group and thus doesn ''t allow the reaction to take place.

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