Friedel Crafts Alkylation and Acylation Reaction Mechanism - Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

This organic chemistry video tutorial provides the mechanism of the friedel crafts alkylation and acylation reaction which is a type of electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction. This video contains plenty of examples and practice problems.

Here is a list of topics:
1. Friedel Crafts Alkylation Reaction
2. Benzene, Tert-Butyl Chloride, and AlCl3 Lewis Acid Catalyst
3. Tertiary Carbocation Intermediate Formation
4. Nucleophile (Benzene) vs Electrophile (Carbocation)
5. Methyl Chloride - No Carbocation Intermediate
6. Fridel Crafts Alkylation Limitations - Polyalkylations, Strong Deactivating Groups, and Carbocation Rearrangements - Hydride Shifts
7. Ortho Para Activators - Toluene and Xylene
8. Other Carbocation Sources - Alkene + HF
9. Friedel Crafts Acylation Mechanism - Acid Chloride
10. Clemmensen and Wolff-Kishner Reduction.