... DEOXYBENZOINS FROM AROMATIC ALDEHYDES Masataka YOKOYAMA,* Kazuko HOSHI, and Tsuneo IMAMOTO Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiba University Yayoi-cho, Chiba City 260 ... use of sodium hydride (1 mmol) and copper iodide (1 mmol) under the same conditions resulted in the formation of dibenzoylphenyl- methane_5 References 1) M.Kurauchi, T.Imamoto, and M.Yokoyama, Tetrahedron Lett., 22, 4985 (1981). ...