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Pentaphenylbismuth is a useful reagent for the specific ortho-phenylation of phenols under very mild conditions, a comparison of this reagent with triphenylbismuth carbonate being drawn; arylation reactions of the carbonate have been extended to include nitro-compounds and amides.
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