Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Bromination of phenol in solvent with low polarity such as 
or 
requires Lewis acid catalyst.
Statement II: The Lewis acid catalyst polarizes the bromine to generate 
.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
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This reaction does not require any catalyst.
Presence of Lewis acid promotes generation of 
in some reactions, e.g., monohalogenation of benzene and in some other arenes, reaction is carried out at low temperature in the absence of sunlight and in presence of Lewis acid catalyst.
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