JEE Main Chemistry question

[Roorkee 1999] In the Friedel–Crafts reaction, the function of anhydrous aluminium chloride is to

Answer: (C)

Solution

AlCl₃, a strong Lewis acid, coordinates to the halide of the alkyl/acyl halide, polarising and assisting

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