ABSTRACT A series of orIlla-substituted 1,1,1-trifluoro-2,2-diphenylethanes (I) has been prepared from the appropriate w,w,w-trifluoroacetophenones via the corresponding secondary alcohols. 2,2,2-Trifluoro-1,1-diphenylethanols are converted by thionyl chloride into the corres- ponding 1-chloro-derivatives and the latter dehalogenated to (I) by means of sodium hydride. ... It has recently been found[l] that certain asymmetrical, ...