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Q. In Friedal-Craft's alkylation besides $AlCl_3$ the other reactants are

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(c) Friedel-Craft's alkylation When benzene reacts with alkyl halide in presence of anhy. $AlCl _{3}$, toluene is obtained. It is called Friedel-Craft's alkylation. Friedel-Craft's reaction is type of electrophilic substitution.
$C _{6} H _{6}+ CH _{3} Cl \xrightarrow{\text { Anhy. } AlCl _{3}}\underset{\text{Toluene}}{ C _{6} H _{5} CH _{3}}+ HCl$