Q.

Chlorobenzene on reaction with CH3Cl in the presence of AlCl3 will give 

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a

Toluene 

b

A mixture of o- and p-chlorotoluene

c

m-Chloro toluene

d

p-Chloro toluene

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

 

The reaction can be represented as below.

solution

As Cl- group attached to benzene is ortho, para directing so it forms o-, p-chloro toluene. This is a Friedel Craft's alkylation reaction.

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