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| Frie·del-Crafts re·ac·tion [ frd'l kráfts ree àksh'n ] (plural Frie·del-Crafts re·ac·tions) |
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chemical reaction involving benzene ring: an organic chemical reaction in which a benzene ring becomes substituted by an acyl or alkyl group
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| [Late 19th century. After the French chemist Charles Friedel (1832-1899) and the U.S. chemist James M. Crafts (1839-1917), who pioneered it] |
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