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The compounds of the general formula [chemical formula], where R is a substituent with +M effect in the ortho- or para-position of -CH2-, R' is H or alky l (or aminoalkyl) group, and R" is an aromatic residue, when heated with dilute hydrochloric acid, are cleaved first into benzyl alcohol and an aromatic amine. When the reaction proceeds further, a diphenylmethane compounds are formed by the aromatic electrophilic substitution of the following order : [chemical formula] In some cases, the aromatic amine liberated in the first stage of the reaction takes part in the second stage of the reaction which proceeds in the following order, as had earlier been recognized.
