3323. 1,1-Diphenylethene
Nomenclature
CAS number: 530-48-3
1,1′-Ethenylidenebisbenzene; unsym-diphenylethylene; α,α-diphenylethylene; α-methylene-diphenylmethane. C14H12; mol wt 180.25.
C 93.29%, H 6.71%.
Description and references
Prepd by the action of phenylmagnesium bromide on ethyl acetate in ether, followed by treatment of the reaction product with ammonium chloride soln: Allen, Converse, Org. Synth. coll. vol. I (2nd ed., 1941) p 226. Absorption spectrum: Lardy, J. Chim. Phys. 21, 361 (1924).
