98779-35-2

Basic information

• Product Name: 2-methyl-1,1-diphenylbutane-1,2-diol
• Synonyms: 2-methyl-1,1-diphenylbutane-1,2-diol
• CAS NO: 98779-35-2
• Molecular Weight: 256.345
• Mol File: 98779-35-2.mol
• Article Data: 3

Chemical Properties

• CAS DataBase Reference: 2-methyl-1,1-diphenylbutane-1,2-diol(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: 2-methyl-1,1-diphenylbutane-1,2-diol(98779-35-2)
• EPA Substance Registry System: 2-methyl-1,1-diphenylbutane-1,2-diol(98779-35-2)

Safety Data

• Hazardous Substances Data: 98779-35-2(Hazardous Substances Data)

Upstream product

• 591-51-5 phenyllithium 
• 37505-02-5 (R)-(-)-2-hydroxy-2-methylbutyric acid 
• 1758-32-3 2,3-epoxybutane 
• 119-61-9 benzophenone 
• 464-72-2 tetraphenylethane-1,2-diol 
• 78-93-3 butanone 

Downstream Products

• 34885-21-7 1,1-diphenyl-1-ethyl-propan-2-one 

Relevant articles and documents

A novel lanthanum metal-assisted reaction of diaryl ketones and electrophiles

A novel and efficient lanthanum metal-assisted carbon-carbon bond formation of diaryl ketones and various electrophiles, such as carbonyl compounds, esters, nitriles, and epoxides, has been developed. When diaryl ketones were allowed to react with dialkyl ketones in the presence of lanthanum metal and a catalytic amount of iodine, the cross pinacol coupling reaction proceeded to give the corresponding unsymmetrical 1,2-diols in moderate to good yields. α-Hydroxy ketones were prepared by the lanthanum metal-assisted reaction of diaryl ketones with esters or nitriles, followed by hydrolysis with aq HCl. It is interesting to note that for the epoxides, the coupling reaction proceeded via the Meinwald rearrangement of epoxides to give the corresponding 1,2-diols.

The Formation of an Enantiomerically Pure Product of Free Radical Coupling. The Chemistry of Diphenylcarbene in Polycrystalline (S)-(+)-2-Butanol

Photolysis of 0.1 M diphenyldiazomethane at 77 K or 137 K in solid (S)-(+)-2-butanol gives tertiary alcohol 9 along with other products.Compound 9 was isolated and found to be enantiomerically pure by chiral NMR shift reagents.Compound 9 is formed by reaction of triplet diphenylcarbene with (S)-(+)-2-butanol to give a radical pair which subsequently collapses.The solid-state matrix directs the radical pair collapse with complete retention of configuration.