Download PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... A series of disubstituted diarylethanols was prepared in moderate to good yields by reaction of p-nitrobenzyl chloride (1) with various aromatic aldehydes (2–12) in presence of tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene (TDAE). ... A series of disubstituted diarylethanols was prepared in moderate to good ...