Friedel-Crafts reaction
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]After Charles Friedel and James Crafts.
Noun
[edit]Friedel-Crafts reaction (plural Friedel-Crafts reactions)
- (organic chemistry) a substitution reaction in which an alkyl or acyl functional group replaces a hydrogen atom of an aromatic nucleus; it is catalyzed by aluminium chloride