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Neopentyl chloride reacts with benzene in presence of a Lewis acid (AlCl3) to form.

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Neopentyl with Lewis acid (AlCl3) forms primary carbocation which undergoes 1,2 methyl shifts to form stable tertiary carbocation which act as electrophile in electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction.
 

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Neopentyl chloride reacts with benzene in presence of a Lewis acid (AlCl3) to form.