Substituted Diphenylmethanes and Phenyl Benzyl Ethers Prepared from o-or p-Cresol and o-, m-or p-Bromobenzyl Chloride1

RC Huston, HH Gyorgy

Index: Huston; Gyorgy Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1950 , vol. 72, p. 4171

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Abstract

When it was shown that a group of diphenylmethanes prepared in this Laboratory3 showed promising specific antibacterial activity4 a program was begun to expand the series and attempt the determination of the groups responsible for the activity. This paper describes the preparation of nine diphenylmethane derivatives and six methylphenyl bromobenzyl ethers. The preparation of the compounds benzylated in the para position to the phenolic ...