Explain Halogenation of Activated Benzenes ?

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Explain Halogenation of Activated Benzenes ?

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Benzene undergoes halogenation reaction and yields halo substituted product. 

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The halogenation of benzene requires a lewis acid as a catalyst to activate the benzene ring, generally, AlCl3or FeCl3 is used as the catalyst for the reaction. Thus the reaction can be represented as,

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