The mechanistic features of the reaction between chromium tricarbonyl activated 2-chloro-1- (trifluoromethyl) benzene and phenylacetonitrile under phase transfer catalysis (PTC) conditions are described as a convenient procedure for the synthesis of α-phenyl-α-[2-
[Bowser, Todd E.; Bartlett, Victoria J.; Grier, Mark C.; Verma, Atul K.; Warchol, Taduesz; Levy, Stuart B.; Alekshun, Michael N. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2007 , vol. 17, # 20 p. 5652 - 5655]