Reference of (3-Chlorophenyl)(phenyl)methanolOn March 9, 2000, Ohkuma, Takeshi; Koizumi, Masatoshi; Ikehira, Hideyuki; Yokozawa, Tohru; Noyori, Ryoji published an article in Organic Letters. The article was 《Selective Hydrogenation of Benzophenones to Benzhydrols. Asymmetric Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Diarylmethanols》. The article mentions the following:
Trans-RuCl2[P(C6H4-4-CH3)3]2(NH2CH2CH2NH2) acts as a highly effective precatalyst for the hydrogenation of a variety of benzophenone derivatives to benzhydrols that proceeds smoothly at 8 atm and 23-35 °C in 2-propanol containing t-C4H9OK with a substrate/catalyst ratio of 2000-20000. Use of a BINAP/chiral diamine Ru complex effects asym. hydrogenation of various ortho-substituted benzophenones and benzoylferrocene to chiral diarylmethanols with consistently high ee. In the experiment, the researchers used (3-Chlorophenyl)(phenyl)methanol(cas: 63012-03-3Reference of (3-Chlorophenyl)(phenyl)methanol)
(3-Chlorophenyl)(phenyl)methanol(cas: 63012-03-3) belongs to hydroxy-containing compounds. Hydroxy-containing compounds engage in intermolecular hydrogen bonding increasing the electrostatic attraction between molecules and thus to higher boiling and melting points than found for compounds that lack this functional group.Reference of (3-Chlorophenyl)(phenyl)methanol Organic compounds, which are often poorly soluble in water, become water-soluble when they contain two or more hydroxy groups, as illustrated by sugars and amino acid.
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