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Offline A2142

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Triphenylmethanol unique protons- confused
« on: March 05, 2007, 10:51:52 PM »
Hi all,

I was wondering if someone could help me with unique proton assignment for triphenylmethanol. I have attached an image with my initial thoughts.

Any help would be much appreciated.



Close-up of aromatic region on spectrum:

http://www.bama.ua.edu/~blacksto/CH237/spectra/exp4_triphenylmethanol_blowup_NMR.pdf
« Last Edit: March 05, 2007, 11:06:19 PM by A2142 »
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Re: Triphenylmethanol unique protons- confused
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2007, 10:58:44 PM »
i would suggest that there are only 4 unique protons in that spectrum. all six ortho protons =1, all six meta protons =2, all three para protons=3 and the alcohol proton =4
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Re: Triphenylmethanol unique protons- confused
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2007, 12:57:28 PM »
Yep - I would agree...

I'm not sure quite why you feel that protons 6, 8 and 3 (for example) would be distinct in the NMR spectrum...?
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Re: Triphenylmethanol unique protons- confused
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2007, 05:55:03 AM »
I guess that the OP hasn't considered the tetrahedral nature of the central carbon and the free rotation about single bonds
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