SEARCH Articles Figures Tables Alkylation and Acylation of Aromatic Rings The Friedel-Crafts Reaction Alkylation of Aromatic Rings The Friedel-Crafts Reaction Aromatic compounds Friedel-Crafts reactions Aromatic compounds Friedel-Crafts reactions, limitations Aromatic substitution reactions Friedel-Crafts acylation Aromatic substitution reactions Friedel-Crafts alkylation Aromatic systems Friedel-Crafts reactions, aluminum chloride Electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions Friedel-Crafts acylation Electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions Friedel-Crafts alkylation Fisons Pharmaceutical Division, Loughborough, UK 2 The Bimolecular Aromatic Friedel-Crafts Reaction Friedel-Crafts reaction bimolecular aromatic Friedel-Crafts reaction intramolecular aromatic Friedel-Crafts reaction, aromatic hydrocarbons Friedel-Crafts reaction, aromatic hydrocarbons ketones Friedel-Crafts reactions aromatic carbonylation HEANEY, Loughborough University of Technology, UK 3 The Intramolecular Aromatic Friedel-Crafts Reaction