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Benzene reacts with $CH X_{3} COCl$ and anhydrous $AlCl X_{3}$ to give

Aacetophenone (1-phenylethanone)
Bbenzoic acid
Ctoluene
Dphenyl acetate

Answer: A

This is Friedel-Crafts acylation.

AlCl X_{3}

converts the acid chloride to the acylium ion

CH X_{3} - C X^{+} = O

, which substitutes a ring hydrogen to give

C X_{6} H X_{5} COCH X_{3}

.

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