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The Friedel- Crafts alkylation….

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a

Works well for primary chlorides

b

Work very well without catalyst

c

Works very well for acyl chlorides

d

works very well for tertiary chlorides

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction proceeds through three-step mechanism. In this, the first step is when Lewis acid catalyst undergoes reaction with the alkyl halide, resulting in the formation of an electrophilic carbocation.

More stable is the carbocation, higher is the rate of reaction and stable carbocation can form in case of tertiary chloride.

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