The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Preparation and characterization of some pentaarylethyls

WB Smith, MC Harris

Index: Smith, William B.; Harris, Michael C. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1983 , vol. 48, # 25 p. 4957 - 4962

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Abstract

The reaction of triphenylmethylsodium with dichlorodiphenylmethane does not give pentaphenylethyl as previously reported, but when the anion reacts with 9, 9- dichlorofluorene, it does form the reported 9-tritylfluorenyl radical which has been characterized by ESR spectroscopy. The radical is better prepared by oxidation of the anion of 9-tritylfluorene. The 9-tritylfluorenyl radical reacts with traces of oxygen to give ...