Triphenylethanol
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Triphenylethanol, or 1,1,2-triphenylethanol, is an
organic compound Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon. For example, carbon-co ...
with a condensed structural formula of , and is related to triphenylethylene, from which it can be prepared by hydration. It is the structural analog of two
drug A drug is any chemical substance other than a nutrient or an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect. Consumption of drugs can be via insufflation (medicine), inhalation, drug i ...
s, the never-marketed antiestrogen ethamoxytriphetol (MER-25) and the withdrawn lipid-lowering agent triparanol, as both contain the 1,1,2-triphenylethanol moiety within their structure. There are three isomeric compounds with a "triphenylethanol" structure: * 1,1,2-triphenylethanol; * 1,2,2-triphenylethanol, with a condensed structural formula of , which exists as a pair of
enantiomer In chemistry, an enantiomer (Help:IPA/English, /ɪˈnænti.əmər, ɛ-, -oʊ-/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''ih-NAN-tee-ə-mər''), also known as an optical isomer, antipode, or optical antipode, is one of a pair of molecular entities whi ...
s; and, * 2,2,2-triphenylethanol, with a condensed structural formula of .


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Tertiary alcohols Phenyl compounds {{alcohol-stub