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**Friedel-Craft Acylation Experiment 1. True or False: Both aluminum chloride an

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**Friedel-Craft Acylation Experiment

1. True or False: Both aluminum chloride and acetyl chloride shold be weighed in a hood.

a. True

b. False

2. True or False: The product produced will have substitution at the meta postion.

a. True

b. False

3. What region of a 1H-NMR will help you deteremine the if your product has ortho, para or meta substitution?

a. 0 ppm to 2 ppm

b. above 12 ppm

c. 2 ppm to 4 ppm

d. 6 ppm to 8 ppm

4. True or False: The C-H out of plane bending modes found between 900 and 690 cm-1 often allow us to determine the type of ring substitution.

a. True

b. False

5. What region of the 13C-NMR will be most helpful to identify the substitution on your aromactic ring?

a. above 150 ppm

b. 0 ppm to 10 ppm

c. 120ppm to 130 ppm

d. 50 ppm to 80 ppm

Explanation / Answer

ANSWer 1. a) True.

Both Aluminium Chloride and acetyl Chloride should be weighed in a hood.

It is 1 of the precautionary measures taken during this Friedel-Craft experiment.