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Ch. 18 - Ketones and Aldehydes
Wade - Organic Chemistry 9th Edition
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Capitolo 18, Problema 11b

Show how you would accomplish the following synthetic conversions. You may use any additional reagents and solvents you need.
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Step 1: Analyze the target transformation. The starting material is benzophenone (Ph-C=O-Ph), and the product is triphenylmethanol (Ph3C-OH). This indicates the addition of a phenyl group to the carbonyl carbon and reduction of the carbonyl group to an alcohol.
Step 2: Use a Grignard reagent for the phenyl group addition. Prepare phenylmagnesium bromide (Ph-MgBr) by reacting bromobenzene (Ph-Br) with magnesium in dry ether. This reagent will act as a nucleophile.
Step 3: Perform the nucleophilic addition reaction. React benzophenone with phenylmagnesium bromide in an anhydrous solvent (e.g., diethyl ether). The Grignard reagent will attack the carbonyl carbon, forming a tertiary alkoxide intermediate.
Step 4: Protonate the alkoxide intermediate. Add a dilute acid (e.g., HCl or H2SO4) to the reaction mixture to protonate the alkoxide, converting it into the desired alcohol (triphenylmethanol).
Step 5: Purify the product. Isolate triphenylmethanol by extraction, followed by recrystallization or distillation to ensure purity.

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