Triphenylmethane

• Formula: C₁₉H₁₆
• Molecular weight: 244.3303
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C19H16/c1-4-10-16(11-5-1)19(17-12-6-2-7-13-17)18-14-8-3-9-15-18/h1-15,19H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: AAAQKTZKLRYKHR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 519-73-3
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• Other names: Benzene, 1,1',1''-methylidynetris-; Methane, triphenyl-; Tritane; Benzene,1,1',1"-methylidynetris-; 1,1',1''-Methylidynetris[benzene]
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References

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Bartlett and McCollum, 1956
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Russell, 1956
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Sangster and Irvine, 1956
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McGrath and Levine, 1955
McGrath, T.F.; Levine, R., The Reactions of Certain Fluorinated and Chlorinated Acetic Acids with Phenyllithium in Refluxing Ether, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1955, 77, 3634. [all data]

Brook and Gilman, 1954
Brook, A.G.; Gilman, H., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1954, 76, 2338. [all data]

Letsinger, Collat, et al., 1954
Letsinger, R.L.; Collat, R.; Magnusson, M., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1954, 76, 4185. [all data]

McElvain and Aldridge, 1953
McElvain, S.M.; Aldridge, C.L., Keten Acetals. XXX> Alkylation of Dimethylketene Dimethylacetal, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1953, 75, 3987. [all data]

Kravchenko, 1951
Kravchenko, V.M., Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1951, 76, 847. [all data]

Wender, Greenfield, et al., 1951
Wender, I.; Greenfield, H.; Orchin, M., Chemistry of Oxo and Related Reactions IV. Reductions in the Aromatic Series, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73, 2656. [all data]

Kurbatov, 1950
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Forward, Bowden, et al., 1949
Forward, M.V.; Bowden, S.T.; Jones, W.J., Physical Properties of Triphenyl Compounds of Group VB Elements, J. Chem. Soc., 1949, 1949, 121-6. [all data]

Korshak, Samplavskaya, et al., 1949
Korshak, V.V.; Samplavskaya, K.K.; Andreeva, M.A., Mechanism of the Friedel-Crafts ReactionIX. Reaction of Trichloroethylene with Benzene, Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1949, 19, 690. [all data]

Smith, Alderman, et al., 1949
Smith, H.A.; Alderman, D.M.; Shacklett, C.D.; Welch, C.M., The Catalytic Hydrogenation of the Benzene Nucleus VI. The Hydrogenation of Compounds with Two Benzene Rings, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 3772. [all data]

Eibert, 1944
Eibert, J., , Ph.D. Thesis, Washington Univ., St. Louis, 1944. [all data]

Stephens and Roduta, 1935
Stephens, H.N.; Roduta, F.L., Oxidation in the Benzene Series by Gaseous Oxygen. V. The Oxidatioon of Tertiary Hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1935, 57, 2380. [all data]

Adkins, Zartman, et al., 1933
Adkins, H.; Zartman, W.H.; Cramer, H., J. Inst. Petroleum, 1933, 19, 784. [all data]

Spaght, Thomas, et al., 1932
Spaght, M.E.; Thomas, S.B.; Parks, G.S., Some heat capacity data on organic compounds obtained with a radiation calorimeter, J. Phys. Chem., 1932, 36, 882-8. [all data]

Adkins, Zartman, et al., 1931
Adkins, H.; Zartman, W.H.; Cramer, H., The Hydrogention of Certain Branched Compounds Over Nickel, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 1425. [all data]

Parks and Huffman, 1931
Parks, G.S.; Huffman, H.M., Some fusion and transition data for hydrocarbons, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1931, 23, 1138-9. [all data]

Smith and Andrews, 1931
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Adams and Marshall, 1928
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Hildebrand, Duschak, et al., 1917
Hildebrand, J.H.; Duschak, A.D.; Foster, A.H.; Beebe, C.W., The Specific Heats and Heat of Fusion of Triphenylmethane, Anthraquinone, and Anthracene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1917, 39, 2293-7. [all data]

Block, 1912
Block, H., Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1912, 78, 385. [all data]

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point

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