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Which statements about the generation of electrophiles are correct?

  1. Aoleum supplies as the electrophile for sulfonation
  2. B describes formation of the nitronium ion
  3. Can acid chloride with gives the acylium ion
  4. D with gives a long-lived free ion that is as stable as

Answer: A, B, C

The nitronium ion forms by double protonation and dehydration of nitric acid by sulfuric acid, the acylium ion by chloride abstraction, and is present in oleum. The methyl cation is the least stable alkyl cation, so it is not formed as a free stable ion; the reactive species is the polarised complex.
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