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What is the main type of reaction that benzene undergoes?
nucleophilic addition
electrophilic addition
electrophilic substitution
nucleophilic substitution
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What is the role of a halogen carrier in electrophilic substitution reactions?
to donate a lone pair of electrons to a halogen atom on an electrophile
to increase the electron density on the benzene ring
to accept a lone pair of electrons from a halogen atom on an electrophile
to reduce the polarisation in the electrophile molecule
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What is the product formed when benzene undergoes nitration?
methylbenzene
phenylketone
nitrobenzene
chlorobenzene
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Friedel-Crafts reactions are useful for forming which type of bond?
C-C bonds
C-N bonds
C-H bonds
C-O bonds
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What is the product formed in a Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction of benzene?
phenylketone
alkylbenzene
benzoic acid
cyclohexane
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In the Friedel-Crafts acylation of benzene using ethanoyl chloride, what is the electrophile that attacks the benzene ring?
CH3COCl
CH3+
CH3CO+
Cl+
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