the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.20772114 and 20702050);The Innovation Fund for Outstanding Scholar of Henan Province(No.0621001100)for financial support.
Under mild condition, using FeCl3 as catalyst, a series of fnnctionalized diarylmethanes were prepared efficiently from the reactions of arenes with paraformaldehyde. This catalytic system is not sensitive to air and ...