Benzene Halogenation with Lewis Acid Catalysts

Benzene halogenation with Lewis acid catalysts shows how benzene reacts with chlorine or bromine to form halogenated substitution products. Chlorination uses a Lewis acid such as aluminium chloride or ferric chloride. Bromination uses ferric bromide as the catalyst.

In bromination of benzene, the...

Chlorination and bromination are important classes of electrophilic aromatic substitutions, where benzene reacts with chlorine or bromine to form halogenated substitution products.

These reactions are catalyzed by Lewis acids like aluminum chloride or ferric chloride for chlorination and ferric bromide for bromination.

Recall that,...