Given below are two statements:
Statement I : Aniline does not undergo Friedel–Crafts’ alkylation reaction.
Statement II : Aniline cannot be prepared through Gabriel synthesis.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below : [2024]
(1)
Aniline does not undergo Friedel–Crafts’ reaction due to salt formation with aluminium chloride which is used as a Lewis acid.
Aromatic amines cannot be prepared by Gabriel phthalimide synthesis because aryl halides do not undergo nucleophilic substitution with the anion formed by phthalimide.