The Friedel-Crafts Acylation Reaction
Reaction of Anisole With Succinic Anhydride
1. Write a stepwise mechanism for this reaction.
2. (a) Starting from toluene, show how you could prepare
4-(p-tolyl)butanoic acid in two steps.
(b) What would be the product of treating this acid
with concentrated H2SO4?
3. What would be the main product formed in this experiment
(a) if anisole were replaced with naphthalene?
(b) if succinic anhydride were replaced with
phthalic anhydride?