Synthesis and Structural Investigation of Propeller-Shaped Molecule Tetraphenylcyclopentadienone: An Introduction and Discussion of an Undergraduate Experiment Abroad
MA Xin-Yu1,3, A Zhi-Peng1,2
1. Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, USA 77840;
2. Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;
3. Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Abstract In the fundamental education of chemistry in many domestic universities, the synthesis of compounds with complicated structures is still not much explored. This is detrimental to the systematic training of future research fellows of chemistry. This paper focuses on introducing an undergraduate chemistry experiment in a foreign university. Through an efficient aldol condensation reaction, facile synthesis of tetraphenylcyclopentadienone (TPCP) is achieved. At the same time, the chirality of this kind of non-chiral-carbon-containing molecules is also discussed.
MA Xin-Yu, A Zhi-Peng. Synthesis and Structural Investigation of Propeller-Shaped Molecule Tetraphenylcyclopentadienone: An Introduction and Discussion of an Undergraduate Experiment Abroad[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Education, 2018, 39(24): 78-81.
