Friedel-Crafts reaction
[ free-del-krafts, -krahfts ]
/ friˈdɛlˈkræfts, -ˈkrɑfts /
noun
a reaction for the synthesis of hydrocarbons and ketones by the alkylation or acylation of an aromatic compound in the presence of a catalyst, typically anhydrous aluminum chloride.
Origin of Friedel-Crafts reaction
1895–1900; after French chemist Charles
Friedel (1832–99) and U.S. chemist J. M.
Crafts (1832–1917), its discoverers