Why benzoic acid does not undergo Friedel-crafts reaction?

When the carboxyl group is attached to the benzene ring, so it acts as a deactivating and meta-directing group. It decreases the electron density on the benzene ring, therefore they undergo electrophilic substitution reaction. In the Friedel-Craft reaction, AlCl 3 is used which acts as a Lewis acid, so it bonds with the carboxyl group, not with the benzene. Therefore, benzoic acid does not undergo a Friedel-Craft reaction.

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