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Arenes

Question

Gattermanns Benzaldehyde synthesis from Benzene is an example of __ reaction

Moderate

A

Nucleophilic substitution
B

Electrophilic substitution
C

Free radical substitution
D

Electrophilic addition

Solution

We can see that attack of positive species is occurring followed by loss of positive hydrogen ion, the positive species is called as Electrophile, Therefore the reaction is electrophilic substitution.

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