in benzene as in: Vyazankin, N. S.; Bychkov, V. T.; Vostokov, I. A. Zh. Obshch. khim 1968, 38 1345;

in benzene Kinetics; byproducts: bibenzyl; 2 equivs. PhCH2Cl, room temp.; in magnetic field (60-7000 G); not isolated, product distribution (depending on field intensity) detd.by (1)H-NMR spectroscopy;