Triphenylacetic acid → 2,2,2-Triphenylethanol
Reaction equation
[H-].[H-].[H-].[H-].[Li+].[Al+3].[C:7]1([C:13]([C:23]2[CH:28]=[CH:27][CH:26]=[CH:25][CH:24]=2)([C:17]2[CH:22]=[CH:21][CH:20]=[CH:19][CH:18]=2)[C:14](O)=[O:15])[CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=1>C1COCC1>[C:23]1([C:13]([C:7]2[CH:8]=[CH:9][CH:10]=[CH:11][CH:12]=2)([C:17]2[CH:18]=[CH:19][CH:20]=[CH:21][CH:22]=2)[CH2:14][OH:15])[CH:24]=[CH:25][CH:26]=[CH:27][CH:28]=1Participants
4
Reactant 2
Product 1
Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1
Conditions
- Temperature
- 0 °C
Procedure
To a suspension of LAH (3.9 g, 0.104 mol) in dry THF (200 mL) was stirred at 0° C. for 20 min. A solution of 2,2,2-triphenylacetic acid (10 g, 0.034 mol) in dry THF (50 mL) was added in a drop-wise manner. The reaction mixture was stirred at RT overnight. Excess LAH was quenched with 1.5 N HCl and the reaction mixture was further stirred for 2 h at RT. The reaction mixture was filtered through celite, washed with ethyl acetate and the filtrate was concentrated under vacuum. The crude product was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (4% ethyl acetate in pet. ether) to give the title compound (4.6 g, 48%). TLC: Pet. ether/EtOAc, 7:3, Rf=0.2