Carbocations generated by reaction of an alkene with a strong acid catalyst can react with aromatic rings

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Carbocations generated by reaction of an alkene with a strong acid catalyst can react with aromatic rings in a Friedel-Crafts reaction. Propose a mechanism to account for the industrial synthesis of the food preservative BHT from p-cresol and 2-methylpropene:

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