Education:ExampleProductE

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INCORRECT!

Type of reaction

This is a Friedel-Crafts acylation, which is a type of electrophilic aromatic substitution that occurs on aromatic rings that are not strongly deactivated.

Position of attack
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The methyl group directs the attack on the ring ortho/para, so this product (from attack on the side chain) is substituted at the wrong position. This position (called "benzylic") can be quite reactive, particularly under free radical conditions, but the Friedel-Crafts conditions favour attack on the aromatic ring itself.

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