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| | Chemistry 211 Experiment 1 |
 | | In many cases, the Friedel-Crafts electrophile is generated using a chlorine-containing molecule (e.g., an acyl [acid] chloride or an alkyl chloride) and an appropriate Lewis acid (e.g., AlCl |
 | | As long as the carbocation is stable, and does not undergo rearrangements, this is actually a very good way to generate an electrophile for a Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction. |
 | | The t-butyl cation, which is used as the electrophile in this reaction, is a 3° carbocation which cannot rearrange, so it works quite well. |
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