An acyl chloride, (CH3)2CHCOCl\text{(CH}_3)_2\text{CHCOCl}(CH3)2CHCOCl (2-methylpropanoyl chloride), is a valuable reagent in organic synthesis. It reacts with benzene in the presence of anhydrous AlCl3\text{AlCl}_3AlCl3 catalyst via an electrophilic substitution reaction.
Give an equation for the reaction of (CH3)2CHCOCl\text{(CH}_3)_2\text{CHCOCl}(CH3)2CHCOCl with AlCl3\text{AlCl}_3AlCl3 to form the active electrophile. Outline a mechanism for the reaction of this electrophile with benzene to form the phenyl ketone product.
The ketone product from part 1 can be converted into the alcohol shown in the figure below:
Give the IUPAC name of this alcohol. Give a suitable reagent needed for this conversion and name the mechanism of the reaction.
This alcohol reacts with ethanoyl chloride (CH3COCl\text{CH}_3\text{COCl}CH3COCl) to form an ester.
Describe what would be observed during this reaction. Name the mechanism for the formation of the ester, and draw its structural formula.