MEDIUMMCQ SINGLEJEE Advanced ChemistryInorganic ChemistryCarboxylic Acids and DerivativesCH CH CH Cl CO H

Why the aromatic carboxylic acids do not undergo Friedel-Crafts reaction?

A.Carboxyl group acts as an activating and meta-

B.Carboxyl group act as a deactivating and meta-✓ Correct

C.Carboxyl group act as an activating and ortho-

D.Carboxyl group acts as deactivation and the

Explanation

Aromatic carboxylic acids do not undergo Friedel- Crafts reaction because the carboxyl group is deactivating and the catalyst aluminium chloride (Lewis acid) gets bonded to the carboxyl group.

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