Given below are two statements:\ Statement I: Aniline does not undergo FriedelCrafts' alkylation re

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Given below are two statements:\ Statement I: Aniline does not undergo FriedelCrafts' alkylation reaction.\ Statement II : Aniline cannot be prepared through Gabriel synthesis.\ In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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(a) : Aniline does not undergo Friedel-Crafts' reaction due to salt formation with aluminium chloride which is used as a Lewis acid. Aromatic amines cannot be prepared by Gabriel phthalimide synthesis because aryl halides do not undergo nucleophilic substitution with the anion formed by phthalimide.