Diphenylmethyl derivatives of ethers and amines constitute structural fragments of drugs with a broad spectrum of activity, in particular antihistaminic drugs, mild tranquilizers, etc. [1]; diarylmethylidene fragment is a structural base of 1,4 benzodiazepine tranquilizers [2]. Bell et al. [3, 4] showed that o aminophenyl (phenyl)methaneamines can be synthesized by reduc tion of diarylmethylidenamines obtained from o amino benzophenones. N,N Dialkyl(o aminophenyl)phenyl ...