Triphenylethanol, or 1,1,2-triphenylethanol, is an
organic compound
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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
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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and the withdrawn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 .
References
Tertiary alcohols
Phenyl compounds
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