Aromatic dimer cations (M2+) have been generated for a series of aromatic compounds in a high pressure photoionization source. Relative third order rate constants for formation of M2+ have been obtained for benzene (1.0), benzene-d6 (2.7), toluene (0.8), o-xylene (1.5), p-xylene (0.7), fluorobenzene (0.3), m-fluorotoluene (0.5), m-chlorotoluene (0.7), p-chlorotoluene (0.5), and o-methoxytoluene (0.4). These values are consistent with and supplement previous data for such systems. Reagent ion monitoring has been used to determine the relative rates of reaction of both M2+ and the monomer ions, M+, with a series of (mainly) aromatic compounds (X). Reaction of C6H6+ is by charge transfer to compounds of lower ionization potential than C6H6. (C6H6)2+ reacts only by charge transfer, if the ionization potential of X is more than 0.5 eV lower than that of benzene. When the difference is smaller, mixed dimer cations are observed which are probably formed in a switching reaction (C6H6)2+ + X → (C6H6•X)+ + C6H6.