THE CONDENSATION OF ACETYLENE WITH BENZENE AND ITS DERIVATIVES IN THE PRESENCE OF ALUMINUM CHLORIDE.

OW Cook, VJ Chambers

Index: Cook; Chambers Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1921 , vol. 43, p. 336

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Citation Number: 12

Abstract

l'he first and most important work on this condensation was that of 'r'aret andvienne.'They passed acetylene through a mixture of benzene and aluminum chloride, and reported the formation of a product con-t aining 230% phenyl ethylene (styrene), 15% unsym. diphenylethane and [)% sym. diphenylethane (dibenzyl). Neither the actual amounts obtained, referred to the reacting materials, nor the conditions under which the runs were ...