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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY CHEM 222 LABORATORY SECTION 04-L TUESDAY AFTERNOON EXPERIMENT 30: SYNTHESIS OF TRIPHENYLMETHANOL AND THE TRITYL CARBOCATION Sujay Patel 40283272 Date of Experiment: November 3, 2023 Date of Report Submission: November 17, 2023
Introduction In this experiment, the goal is to synthesize triphenylmethanol and, using the product, synthesize trityl carbocation. This experiment is based on another compound called triphenylmethane, a synthetic dye. Since there are many types of triphenylmethane dye, one of the most popular ones is the malachite green. Malachite Green is a triphenylmethane dye that has two para-dimethylamino groups on two of its three benzene rings. This colour also has two structures: a carbocation structure and an iminium ion structure. However, once this compound is reduced the dye doesn’t work anymore. Why? The reason why Malachite Green is green is because the chromophore, a part of the compound over which electrons can be delocalized, is responsible for the colour change because the delocalization absorbs light at a certain wavelength. On the other hand, the reason why the reduced form of Malachite Green doesn’t make colour is because the cation in Malachite Green becomes saturated and prevents the delocalization of electrons. Similarly, in this experiment, the goal is to synthesize triphenylmethanol and its ionic form by synthesizing trityl fluoborite resulting in a carbocation. Since triphenylmethanol is the reduced form of triphenylmethyl cation, the result could also be the same. Techniques - Heating - Gravity Filtration - Vacuum Filtration - Evaporation
- Washing/Drying Liquids - Washing/Drying Solids - Recrystallization - Melting Point - Infrared Spectrometry.
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