benzohydrol
Also known as diphenylmethanol, diphenylcarbinol
Diphenylmethanol is the organic compound with the formula (C6H5)2CHOH. Also known as benzhydrol, it is a white solid and the parent member of a large class of diaryl alcohols.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C13H12O
- Molecular weight
- 184.23 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- diphenylmethanol
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C2=CC=CC=C2)O
- InChIKey
- QILSFLSDHQAZET-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.7
- Polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Diphenylmethanol is the organic compound with the formula (C6H5)2CHOH. Also known as benzhydrol, it is a white solid and the parent member of a large class of diaryl alcohols.
==Preparation== Diphenylmethanol may be prepared by a Grignard reaction between phenylmagnesium bromide and benzaldehyde. An alternative method involves reducing benzophenone with sodium borohydride or with zinc dust or with sodium amalgam and water.