Chemistry Organic chemistry questions

[Snake_Baker]

Are there any organic chem folks out there that can answer a ring structure question for me?

I am finalising a paper on the grignard synthesis of triphenylmethanol and would like some tips on proper carbon numbering of the compound:

I am trying to identify the proper nomenclature for the carbon molecule intersecting the OH group and benzene rings.

Would this be identified as a tertiary alcohol carbon or a phenyl carbon?

 

[MSB ROYS]

Too late for your paper but I would number the methanol component as 1 and the 3 phenyls all as 1', 2',...6' if I was assigning NMR data. Otherwise triphenylmethanol is fine as it cannot be anything else other the structure shown.

People will have to alert me if they would like answers as I don't read this forum much.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Too late for your paper but I would number the methanol component as 1 and the 3 phenyls all as 1', 2',...6' if I was assigning NMR data. Otherwise triphenylmethanol is fine as it cannot be anything else other the structure shown.

People will have to alert me if they would like answers as I don't read this forum much.

A learned person referred to it as a Quaternary carbon, but still had his doubts.

 

[MSB ROYS]

A learned person referred to it as a Quaternary carbon, but still had his doubts.

Sorry just re-read your first post again and I would describes as a tertiary alcohol.

BTW It is true that the carbon is quarternary, which is a carbon that has no H bonded to it.