Trityl chloride → Triphenyl(triphenylmethyl)phosphonium chloride

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6.0 parts of trityl chloride was dissolved in 100 parts of acetonitrile and 5.7 parts of triphenylphosphine was added thereto. The mixture was heated under reflux for 6 hr. The mixture was allowed to stand for cooling and then the solvent was removed to obtain a brown oil which was then crystallized from acetone. The resulting crystals were collected by filtration and washed with acetone to obtain 9.2 parts of triphenyl(triphenylmethyl)phosphonium chloride (compound No. 69).

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