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Draw the major organic product of the following Friedel-Crafts alkylation. (An excess of benzene is present.) Do not draw any
aluminum byproducts.
2.3.
(excess)
AICI 3
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C
H
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Transcribed Image Text:Draw the major organic product of the following Friedel-Crafts alkylation. (An excess of benzene is present.) Do not draw any aluminum byproducts. 2.3. (excess) AICI 3 Select Draw Templates More / ||| ||| C H Erase
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Step 1: Explanation

Steps involved in the electrophilic aromatic substitution:

  1. Generation of an electrophile
  2. Formation of arenium ion
  3. Loss to proton to give the final product 
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