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Under the usual Friedel-Crafts conditions (alkyl or acyl chloride with anhydrous ) which of the following compounds do NOT react?

  1. Aacetophenone
  2. Baniline
  3. Ctoluene
  4. Dnitrobenzene

Answer: A, B, D

Nitrobenzene and acetophenone carry strongly deactivating meta-directing groups. Aniline complexes with through its nitrogen lone pair and becomes deactivated. Toluene is activated and reacts readily.
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