Bromine/bentonite earth system, promoter of phenylmethanes from toluene
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 17,p. 1188-1190
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39900001188
Abstract
The condensation of toluene to produce o- and p-methylphenylmethanes by use of bromine with a bentonitic earth catalyst has been investigated and a mechanism is proposed based on the isolated intermediates and other related reactions.Keywords
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