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Q. Acetophenone can be prepared by which of the following methods?
$\left(\right.1\left.\right)$ Oxidation of 1-phenylethanol
$\left(\right.2\left.\right)$ Reaction of benzaldehyde with methyl magnesium bromide
$\left(\right.3\left.\right)$ Friedel craft’s reaction of benzene with acetyl chloride
$\left(\right.4\left.\right)$ Distillation of calcium benzoate

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Solution:

$\underset{1 - P h e n y l e t h a n o l}{C_{6} H_{5} C H O H C H_{3}}\overset{\left[\right. O \left]\right.}{ \rightarrow }\underset{A c e t o p h e n a n e}{C_{6} H_{5} C O C H_{3}}$
$C_{6}H_{6}+CH_{3}COCl\overset{F r i e d a l \, c r a f t s}{ \rightarrow }C_{6}H_{5}COCH_{3}+HCl$