Compare the synthetic routes of an acid chloride reaction of benzoic acid reacted with ethanol and sulfuric acid catalyst under heated conditions, and a Friedel-Crafts reaction of benzoyl chloride reacted with ethanol under heated conditions and discuss the factors that might make one of these reaction conditions better or worse than the other.

Compare the synthetic routes of an acid chloride reaction of benzoic acid reacted with ethanol and sulfuric acid catalyst under heated conditions, and a Friedel-Crafts reaction of benzoyl chloride reacted with ethanol under heated conditions and discuss the factors that might make one of these reaction conditions better or worse than the other.

Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments

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