What is the product of the reaction between benzene and chlorine in the presence of AlCl₃?
- Chlorobenzene
- Hexachlorocyclohexane
- Benzyl chloride
- 1,2-dichlorobenzene
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This is an electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction.In the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst like AlCl₃, a chlorine atom replaces a hydrogen on the benzene ring.