alleryAniline fails to undergo the Friedel-Crafts reaction because it:
ABurns with the catalyst
BBreaks the benzene ring
CBinds aluminium chloride
DBoils below the catalyst
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Binds aluminium chloride
1. Aluminium chloride is a Lewis acid catalyst.
2. The aniline nitrogen forms a salt with it.
3. The nitrogen then deactivates the ring instead.
_Source: syllabus Chemistry Part 2, Unit 9 'Amines'_
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