Benzaldehyde → Benzhydrol

HRID 2176975Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2176975 reaction equation

[CH:1](=[O:8])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[C:9]1([Mg]Br)[CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=1>CCOCC>[C:2]1([CH:1]([C:9]2[CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=2)[OH:8])[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 240Benzaldehyde

HCID 178418255HCID 178418255, compound

Product 1

HCID 7037Benzhydrol

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 3283Diethyl EtherSolvent

Procedure

Grignard reaction of benzaldehyde (300.0 mg; 2.83 mmol) with phenylmagnesium bromide in anhydrous ether afforded 0.5 grams of diphenylmethanol.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-043c3106d3404fbba5071aefe234cdf2
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2015_06
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US09067897B2

Reaction notes

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