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Benzophenone can be obtained by ____________.

(i) \text {Benzoyl chloride + Benzene + AlCl}_{3}

(ii) \text {Benzoyl chloride + Diphenyl cadmium}

(iii) \text {Benzoyl chloride + Phenyl magnesium chloride}

(iv) \text {Benzene + Carbon monoxide + ZnCl}_{2}

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The answer is the option (i,ii) Benzophenone can be obtained by either of benzoyl chloride + diphenylcadmium or benzoyl chloride+ benzene+ \text {AlCI}_{3}  . The latter is referred to as Friedel-Craft acylation reaction.

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