“…N,N,N9,N9-Tetraphenyl-1,19-phenyl-4,49-diamine (2). Diphenylamine (0.916 g, 5.43 mmol), diiodobiphenyl (1.0 g, 2.46 mmol), K 2 CO 3 (2.72 g, 19.68 mmol), copper powder (0.34 g, 5.3 mmol) and 18-crown-6 (0.13 g, 0.49 mmol) were dissolved in ortho-dichlorobenzene (10 ml) and heated at reflux for 18.5 h. The crude reaction mixture was diluted with MeOH to precipitate the crude product which was collected, dried and recrystallised from CH 2 Cl 2 to afford the pure title compound (0.68 g, 56%).…”