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This is a two step reaction. First the thionyl chloride forms the acid chloride (+HCl and SO2).

The second step is a Friedel-Crafts cyclisation reaction.

Organic Syntheses, CV2, 569 (1943)
  +  
SOCl2
  +  
AlCl3
  +  
CS2
         
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Cyclisation
Substitution: Electrophilic Aromatic

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