Friedel–Crafts reaction
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| Named after | Charles Friedel James Crafts | ||||||||
| Reaction type | Coupling reaction | ||||||||
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| RSC ontology ID | RXNO:0000369 | ||||||||
The Friedel–Crafts reactions are a set of reactions developed by Charles Friedel and James Crafts in 1877 to attach substituents to an aromatic ring. Friedel–Crafts reactions are of two main types: alkylation reactions and acylation reactions. Both proceed by electrophilic aromatic substitution.