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Q. Chlorination of benzene in the presence of halogen carrier is an example of

KEAMKEAM 2010Hydrocarbons

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The chlorination of benzene in the presence of halogen carrier (ie, Lewis acid) is an example of aromatic electrophilic substitution. Mechanism of chlorination is as follows
$ Cl-Cl+\underset{(ha\log en\text{ }carrier)}{\mathop{FeC{{l}_{3}}}}\,\xrightarrow{{}}\underset{(electrophile)}{\mathop{C{{l}^{+}}}}\, $ $ +\text{ }FeCl_{4}^{-} $

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