Carbon Dioxide → Triphenylacetic acid

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Reaction Steps

To 400 ml of ether were added 15 g of magnesium (flaked) and 3.2 g of iodine. 27.9 g of triphenylchloromethane was carefully added thereto and the mixture was refluxed by heating for 3 hours. To the reaction solution was gradually added a large excess of dry ice. The reaction solution was acidified with hydrochloric acid and then extracted with ethyl acetate. After distilling off the solvent, the crystals thus obtained were recrystallized from ethanol to obtain 16.5 g of triphenylacetic acid. The melting point was 258° to 260° C. (decomposed).

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