Acetyl chloride → 1,1'-[Chloro(phenyl)methylene]bis(4-fluorobenzene)

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Bis(4-fluorophenyl)phenylmethanol (0.092 mol) was added to a 20% solution of acetyl chloride in dichloromethane (50 mL) at rt. The resulting purple solution was stirred for 12 h after which the solvent was removed by evaporation. Toluene (100 mL) was added to the residue and then evaporated, affording crude bis(4-fluorophenyl)phenylchloromethane which was used without purification in the following step.

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