The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Synthesis of Some New Triarylethylene Glycols and Attempts to Oxidize These to α-Arylbenzoins

JF EASTHAM, DJ FEENEY

Index: Eastham; Feeney Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1958 , vol. 23, p. 1826,1828

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Abstract

In an attempt to develop a general synthetic route to a-arylbenzoins several l, l-diphenyl-2- arylethylene glycols have been prepared and oxidized with various reagents. This and one other route investigated for the same purpose met only partial success. In the course of the