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Arenes

Question

Halogenation of Benzene in the presence of Lewis acid is an example of __ reaction

Moderate

A

Electrophilic substitution
B

Electrophilic addition
C

Free radical substitution
D

Nucleophilic substitution

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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