Convenient preparation of 1,4-dibenzylbenzene using zinc chloride in the presence of polar solvents

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919508015881

1,4-Dibenzylbenzene was successfully synthesized by the Friedel-Crafts benzylation of benzene with 1,4-bis(chloromethyl)benzene using zinc chloride in the presence of polar solvents. In particular, zinc chloride dissolved in primary alcohols or ketones with a molar ratio of 1 was a highly effective catalytic system in the reaction.

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Convenient Preparation of 1,4-
Dibenzylbenzene using Zinc
Chloride in the Presence of
Polar Solvents
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Eiji Hayashi , Yoshinori Furukawa , Yukio
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Takahashi , Hironori Itoh & Norihiko Yoneda
a
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of
Engineering , Hokkaido University , Sapporo, 060,
Japan
b
Department of Industrial Chemistry , Kitami
Institute of Technology , Kitami, 090, Japan
Published online: 23 Sep 2006.
To cite this article: Eiji Hayashi , Yoshinori Furukawa , Yukio Takahashi , Hironori
Itoh & Norihiko Yoneda (1995) Convenient Preparation of 1,4-Dibenzylbenzene using
Zinc Chloride in the Presence of Polar Solvents, Synthetic Communications: An
International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 25:13,
2029-2036, DOI: 10.1080/00397919508015881
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