The first highly efficient double Friedel–Crafts reaction of N-tosyl imines with anisole, phenol, thioanisole and analogues has been developed to produce the corresponding symmetric diarylmethanes and triarylmethanes with high regioselectivity in the presence of a catalytic amount of Bi2 (SO4) 3–TMSCl at room temperature.
[Tateiwa, Jun-Ichi; Hayama, Ei; Nishimura, Takahiro; Uemura, Sakae Journal of the Chemical Society - Perkin Transactions 1, 1997 , # 13 p. 1923 - 1928]