In chemistry, a triarylamine has the formula NAr₃ where Ar is any of several aryl groups. The parent member is

triphenylamine Triphenylamine is an organic compound with formula (C6H5)3N. In contrast to most amines, triphenylamine is nonbasic. At room temperature it appears as a colorless crystalline solid, with monoclinic structure. It is well miscible in diethyl ether a ...

. Triarylamines are of interest as components of

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as well as some dyes.

Preparation and structure

Triarylamines can be produced by arylation of diarylamides with aryl iodides: : Buchwald-Hartwig coupling methods have also been applied. Many hundreds of triarylamines have been prepared. In some cases, their radical cationic derivatives have been characterized by

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References

Tertiary amines Phenyl compounds