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Phthalic anhydride can be used to make anthraquinone by Friedel-Crafts reaction with benzene.

Note that the catalyst, aluminium chloride or similar, is required in stoichiometric quantities.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

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AlCl3
         
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H2O
Reactant Page Go To Go To
Phthalic anhydride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Benzene     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Aluminium chloride Catalyst    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
9,10-Anthraquinone     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Organic
Name Reaction
Substitution: Electrophilic Aromatic

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