perchloric acid; phenyllithium 1) THF, -78 deg C, 3 h, 2) THF; Yield given. Multistep reaction;

methanol in tetrahydrofuran; diethyl ether; benzene byproducts: Bi(C6H5)3; react. under N2 in dry N2-satd. solvents, addn. of 2 M soln. of PhLi inbenzene/ether to a soln. of Bi-compd. in THF, -78°C, addn. of CH3OH; evapn. (vac.), distn. of residue (110°C/0.02 Torr);