Benzyl Chloride → 2-Benzyltoluene

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In the like manner as the example in the above reference, benzyl chloride and toluene were reacted in the presence of a catalyst of FeCl3 ; and benzyltoluene and dibenzyltoluene were obtained by distillation. These benzyltoluene and dibenzyltoluene in a weight ratio of 80:20 were mixed together. The contents of isomers of the benzyltoluene in the obtained mixture were o-isomer: 39.1 wt %, m-isomer: 5.4 wt % and p-isomer: 35.5 wt %, which were almost coincident with the analytical values of the above JARYLEC C-100 of o-isomer: 36.2 wt %, m-isomer: 5.9 wt % and p-isomer: 37.8 wt %.

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