Edexcel International AS and A level Chemistry XCH11/YCH11 · 18.4.iv

Fuming sulfuric acid

Code: 18.4.iv
In: 18.4 Reactions of benzene
Topic: U5 Transition Metals and Organic Nitrogen Chemistry
Course: International AS and A level Chemistry XCH11/YCH11
Board: Edexcel

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Points in 18.4 Reactions of benzene

18.4.i Oxygen in air (combustion to form a smoky flame)
18.4.ii Bromine, in the presence of a catalyst
18.4.iii A mixture of concentrated nitric and sulfuric acids
18.4.iv Fuming sulfuric acid
18.4.v Halogenoalkanes and acyl chlorides with aluminium chloride as catalyst (Friedel-Crafts reaction)