In the course of an investigation of the action of sodium on benzyl chlorideJ2 it was observed that in liquid ammonia a good yield of dibenzyl was obtained, together with toluene and other non-nitrogenous products. The work of previous investigators, particularly I, ebeauJ3 Chabla~,~ K ra~ s,~ Picon, 6 Dains' and others, has shown that, as a rule, in this solvent the organic halogen compounds yield mixtures of amines, nitriles and unsaturated ...
