Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Aniline does not undergo Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction.
Statement II: Aniline cannot be prepared through Gabriel synthesis.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A
Statement I is correct, but Statement II is false.
- B
Statement I is incorrect, but Statement II is true.
- C
Both Statement I and Statement II are true.
- D
Both Statement I and Statement II are false.
Aniline's nitrogen lone pair coordinates with AlCl, generating a Lewis acid-base complex that strongly deactivates the ring and blocks Friedel-Crafts alkylation.
Gabriel synthesis uses an SN2 reaction of phthalimide anion with an alkyl halide; aryl halides do not undergo SN2, so aniline cannot be prepared this way.
Both statements are correct.
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