Hi Guys,
I'm not too great at Ochem, but I do study hard and just had a question about this reaction. My understanding is that AlCl3 will pull off the Cl and form a sort of acylium ion. But I don't know if I'm doing this right because I can't get it to form anything with 6 proton environments. My thought is that the double bond in the benzene near the substituent would form a bond to the cation on the 4th carbon of the substituent with the ketone attached. Is my thought process correct? Any help much much appreciated. Thank you!