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(a) Friedel- Craft acylation is an electrophilic aromatic substitution in which the electrophile (E∗) is an acylium ion.
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(a) Friedel- Craft acylation is an electrophilic aromatic substitution in which the electrophile (E∗) is an acylium ion. Draw the mechanism of the following FriedelCraft transformation. [6 Marks] (b) Write complete equations for nitration reaction of the following compounds. (i) p-toluenesulfonic acid (ii) p-nitrophenol (iii) p-bromotoluene [7 Marks] (c) Starting with benzene and any other necessary reagents, design a synthetic scheme to prepare the following compound.