S. Saito, T. Ohwada, K. Shudo
Nov 15, 1996
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The Journal of organic chemistry
Abstract
Benzaldehydes bearing an electron-withdrawing group reacted with 2 equiv of benzene in the presence of a superacid, trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, to give substituted triphenylmethane in good yields. On the other hand, benzaldehydes bearing an electron-donating or a neutral group reacted under the similar conditions to give unsubstituted diphenylmethane and triphenylmethanol, together with substituted benzene. We propose a new mechanism of this reaction, which involves transalkylation as the key step.