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Among phenol and toluene, Which will give maximum yeild of Friedel Craft methylation product? please explain in details.

Among phenol and toluene, Which will give maximum yeild of Friedel Craft methylation product?
please explain in details.

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Arun
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5 years ago
It should be phenol.
The hydroxyl group in phenol, with an O atom carrying 2 lone pairs of electrons, is a much stronger activating group than the methyl group in toluene. Since the Fridel-Crafts alkylation in the benzene ring is an elecrophilic substitution, phenol should undergo this reaction more easily than toluene.

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