Treatment of (dichloromethyl)benzenes with CO (1 atm) in the presence of catalytic amount of $Co_2(CO)_8,\;Fe(CO)_5$ and BTEAC under two phase systems with NaOH(_{aq}) and $PhCH_3$ containing small amount of alcohol for 20 hours at 80$^{\circ}$C gives...
Treatment of (dichloromethyl)benzenes with CO (1 atm) in the presence of catalytic amount of $Co_2(CO)_8,\;Fe(CO)_5$ and BTEAC under two phase systems with NaOH(_{aq}) and $PhCH_3$ containing small amount of alcohol for 20 hours at 80$^{\circ}$C gives phenylacetic acids in moderate yields.