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A general, convenient and highly efficient synthesis of diarylmethanes by copper-catalyzed reaction

K Yi-Yin, RR Patel, DP Sawick

Index: Ku, Yi-Yin; Patel, Ramesh R.; Sawick, David P. Tetrahedron Letters, 1996 , vol. 37, # 12 p. 1949 - 1952

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Abstract

Copper-catalyzed reactions of arylmagnesium derivatives with benzyliodides have been developed for the large scale preparation of diarylmethanes. Various diarylmethanes have been prepared in high yield by this reaction, the amount of homocoupled dimers being less than 3%.