Benzyl bromide, diphenylamine

Similarly, reactions which are substantially enhanced by the use of PTC can be carried out even with reduced use of PTC with substantial enhanced rates of reaction as has been demonstrated by Sivakumar and Pandit (2000) in the case of conversion of benzamide to benzonitrile. In the case of A-alkylation of diphenylamine with benzyl bromide, in the presence of KOH as the anion source and PEG methyl ether as the PTC, some improvement in the rate has been observed. (Cains et al., 1998). Metal catalysed hydrogenations, such as those based on Ni, Pd/C, and Ru/C also benefit from ultra-sound. 

The Hammett p values for the YN2 reaction between diphenylamine and para-substituted benzyl bromides in methanol decrease from 0.64 to 0.10 as the reaction... 

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