On the mechanism of bibenzyl formation by deoxidation/reduction of aromatic species with lithium 4,4′-di-t-butylbiphenyl radical anion a correction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)97307-6

In the reaction of benzil with lithium in the presence of 4,4′-dit-butylbiphenyl (DBB) trans-stilbene 4 and dilithiobibenzyl 5 are intermediates instead of the reported tetralithiobibenzyl 2.