Pyridine → 3,3-Diphenylpropanol

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Reaction Steps

3.2 G of diphenyl-ethyl-carbinol, 1.9 g of isocyanate acetic acid ethyl ester and 1.6 ml of pyridine are heated at 50° C for 72 hours. The solution is diluted with 50 ml of ether, washed several times at 0° C with 0.1-molar citric acid solution and water, dried over sodium sulfate, and completely evaporated under reduced pressure. After elimination of 2.3 g of diphenylethylcarbinol by means of petroleum ether, 1,1-diphenyl-propyloxycarbonyl-glycine-ethyl ester is obtained in the form of an oil; Rf = 0.2 in the thin-layer chromatogram in chloroform.

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