Benzyl Chloride → Benzene, 1,2-bis(phenylmethyl)-

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Reaction Steps

To a reaction vessel were added 2500 g of diphenylmethane and 40 g of aluminum chloride and reaction was carried out for 2 hours at room temperature with further adding 600 g of benzyl chloride with stirring. After the reaction, the catalyst was deactivated and 1300 g of a dibenzylbenzene isomer mixture (Composition I) was obtained by reduced pressure distillation.

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