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Does aniline reacts with CH3Cl in presence of AlCl3 and forms any...

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Dear Noor jaisha Aslam,

As you mentioned, under the Friedel Craft Reaction condition, the aniline (a Lewis base) binds to the electrophile AlCl3 (a Lewis acid) to give a coordination complex (a salt). Then, the positive charge on the nitrogen is electron withdrawing, and it pulls the electron density of the aromatic ring by negative inductive effect (-I effect). It therefore, deactivates the ring for further acylation reactions. Finally, the complex precipitates out of the reaction mixture and the acylation reaction is not observed.

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