Answer:
A Fridiel craft catalyst will convert benzene to acetophenone.
Permanganate catalyst can be used to convert toluene to acetophenone.
Explanation:
Benzene can be reduced to acetophenone by the addition of anhydrous aluminium chloride, AlCl₃
The mechanism is as follows:
Benzene + Acetyl choloride → acetophenone
To convert toluene to acetophenone, the following steps are necessary:
- Oxidation of Toluene to Benzoic acid.
This is done by refluxing toluene with alkaline potassium permanganate (KMnO₄+ Na₂CO₃).
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Benzoic acid is converted to Benzoyl chloride by treating with thioyl chloride and heating at about 80 ⁰C.
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Benzoyl chloride is treated with methyl lithium to form Acetophenone.
