Notes trichloride (2.3 g, 15.0 mmol) was weighed under dry nitrogen in a glove bag and placed under nitrogen in a 100-ml three-neck flask with 70 ml of dry glyme. L1AIH4 (190 mg, 5.0 mmol) was quickly added to the stirred T1CI3 slurry, and the resulting black suspension was stirred for 10 min before use. B. Alternatively, a 3:1 TiCls-L1AIH4 premix (effective mol wt 167, 2.50 g, 15.0 mmol) was weighed under nitrogen in a glove bag and added to 70 ml of dry glyme under nitrogen. The resulting black suspension was stirred for 10 min before use.The substrate alcohol (5.0 mmol) in several milliliters of glyme was then added, and the reaction mixture was refluxed for 16 hr. After cooling, the reaction mixture was quenched by addition of dilute aqueous hydrochloric acid, then diluted with water and extracted with ether. The ether extracts were combined, washed with brine, dried (MgSCX), filtered, and concentrated at the rotary evaporator. Crude products were then purified either by crystallization or distillation. In this manner, the following reactions were run.Benzyl alcohol gave bibenzyl, 78%, mp 51-51.5°(lit.8 mp 52°).-Phenethyl alcohol gave a liquid mixture of meso and dl forms of 2,3-diphenylbutane, 68%.