4,4'-Dimethylbenzophenone → 4,4'-Dimethylbenzhydrol

Reaction equation

C1(C2C=CC=CC=2CO)C2C(=CC=CC=2)C=CC=1.[CH3:19][C:20]1[CH:34]=[CH:33][C:23]([C:24]([C:26]2[CH:31]=[CH:30][C:29]([CH3:32])=[CH:28][CH:27]=2)=[O:25])=[CH:22][CH:21]=1.[BH4-].[Na+]>>[CH3:19][C:20]1[CH:21]=[CH:22][C:23]([CH:24]([C:26]2[CH:31]=[CH:30][C:29]([CH3:32])=[CH:28][CH:27]=2)[OH:25])=[CH:33][CH:34]=1

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 691484,4'-Dimethylbenzophenone

HCID 4311764Sodium borohydride

HCID 57154374[(Naphthyl)phenyl]methanol

Product 1

HCID 2793564,4'-Dimethylbenzhydrol

Procedure

With the same method as for Compound 13, 4,4′-dimethylbenzophenone (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.) and sodium borohydride (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.) were used, to thereby obtain the title compound.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-8e1903d059cd41e7a6570407c3358126
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2014_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US08846012B2

Reaction notes

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