THE PREPARATION OF TRIPHENYLMETHANE AND THE ACTION OF HEAT ON THE ETHERS AND ESTERS DERIVED FROM TRIPHENYL CARBINOL
THE PREPARATION OF TRIPHENYLMETHANE AND THE ACTION OF HEAT ON THE ETHERS AND ESTERS DERIVED FROM TRIPHENYL CARBINOL
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三苯基甲烷的制备以及三苯基甲醇衍生的醚和酯的热作用
DOI:
10.1021/ja01676a033
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发表时间:
1924
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R. C. Young
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作者:
J. F. Norris;R. C. Young
In connection with the study of the chemical properties of certain organic molecular compounds containing aluminum chloride, an account ofwhich will be published later, the behavior of the compound1 (CeH6) 8CCl. AlCl3 with a number ofsubstances has been investigated. When equal molecular quantities of triphenyl-chloromethane and aluminum chloride are dissolved in ether and the solution is allowed to stand for several hours, a reaction takes place as the result of which there is formed a mixture of triphenyl-methane and a product that could not be crystallized or distilled without decomposition. This reaction has been studied with the object of develop-ing an improved method for the preparation of triphenylmethane and with the view of elucidating its mechanism. 2 Detailed directions are given in the experimental part of the paper for the preparation in a high state of purity of triphenylmethane from carbon tetrachloride, benzene, ether and aluminum chloride. The procedure does not involve the isolation of triphenyl-chloromethane, and can be carried out readily. The yield of pure hydrocarbon after a single crystallization wras 64% of that calculated based on the aluminum chloride used. The compound of benzoyl chloride and aluminum chloride reacts with ether to form ethyl benzoate. In the presence of zinc chloride, benzoyl chloride and ether yield ethyl benzoate and ethyl chloride. It seemed probable that a similar reaction would take place in the case of triphenyl-chloromethane. The first step in the reaction would be the formation of triphenylmethyl ethyl ether and ethyl chloride. In this case the ultimate formation of triphenylmethane would result from the decomposition of the triphenylmethyl ethyl ether first produced. To test this view the ether was dissolved in ethyl ether containing aluminum chloride. The products of the reaction were as before, triphenylmethane and a gummy substance. Whentriphenyl-chloromethane and aluminum chloride were dissolved in normal butyl ether the transformation to triphenylmethane took place.