Wurtz-Fittig Reaction

B. Tollens, R. Fittig, Ann. 131, 303 (1864); R. Fittig, J. König, ibid. 144, 277 (1867).

Formation of alkylated aromatic hydrocarbons on coupling of an alkyl and an aryl halide with sodium:

T. L. Kwa, C. Boelhouwer, Tetrahedron 25, 5771 (1969); B. J. Wakefield, Comp. Organometal. Chem. 7, 45 (1982); K. Miyoshi et al., Chemosphere 41, 819 (2000).