Water → Dibenzyl

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In this example the substrate was toluene. Helium was fed into the bottom chamber of the reactor at 3.6 mL/min, and toluene and water were added to the carrier gas at a rate of 1.0 mmol/h and 2.0 mmol/h, respectively, by syringe pump. Air was passed through the top chamber of the reactor at the rate of 3.6 mL per min. The reaction was run at 600° C., and a scrubber containing 5.0 mL of dichloromethane cooled to 0° C. was used to collect the reaction products. Nonane and tetradecane were used as g.c. internal standards. At 2.0% conversion, a 50% selectivity to toluene dimers (15% trans-stilbene and 35% bibenzyl) was obtained.

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