Benzene reacts with ethyl chloride and aluminium chloride in nitrobenzene solvent to give mainly

isopropylbenzene

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naphthalene

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ethylbenzene

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-diethylbenzene

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Solution

The correct option is C ethylbenzene
This is friedel craft alkylation process and in this process nitrobenzene is used as solvent.
Reaction:
$p h - H + C_{2} H_{5} C l A l C l_{3} - -- \to p h - C_{2} H_{5} + H C l$ (ethylbenzene).

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