"are you trying to get around distilling the stuff?" Yes, but I think I'll at least distill off the benzene before converting the BzCl to benzaldehyde. I have plenty of formaldehyde, but I'd rather use paraformaldehyde to reduce the amount of water in the reaction.
Hey, I noticed that you found that new allylbenzene synth(from styrene/DMSO). Surprised that hasn't gotten more attention! I'm sure excited about it!
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