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You can use a solvent like ethanol to separate benzoin from benzil. Benzoin is more soluble in ethanol compared to benzil, allowing for their separation. By manipulating the solubilities of the two compounds, you can dissolve benzoin first and then precipitate benzil out of the solution.
Phenytoin synthesis from benzil involves first forming benzoin through a benzoin condensation reaction, followed by oxidation of benzoin to benzil, and then a base-catalyzed condensation of benzil with urea to form 5,5-diphenylhydantoin, which is phenytoin.
Yes, benzil can react with NaOH to undergo a base-catalyzed benzilic acid rearrangement, leading to the formation of benzilic acid. This transformation involves the migration of a carbon atom and results in the cleavage of one of the carbonyl groups in benzil.
Benzil is generally soluble in ether, as both are organic compounds and ether is a good solvent for many aromatic and carbonyl-containing compounds. The solubility can depend on factors such as temperature and the specific type of ether used, but in most cases, benzil will mix well with ether.
The order of increasing RF values in TLC is Benzil, methanol anthracene and tryphenyl.
Benzil does not react with Tollens reagent because it does not contain aldehyde or ketone functional groups. Tollens reagent is a silver mirror test used for the detection of aldehydes in a sample by the reduction of silver ions to metallic silver. Benzil, being a diketone, does not undergo this reaction.
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It might be tempting to think Benzil is a polar molecule because of the C=O bonds, but the high level of symmetry in the molecule cancels out any overall dipole and leaves the molecule non-polar.
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My guess is that it is because Dilantin has two benzyl substituents on one carbon, adding steric hindrance. Second, the ring is very electron deficient, and so unstable. Benzil has less steric hindrance and is linear.
A common solvent mixture for developing TLC plates with benzil as the compound is a mixture of ethyl acetate and hexane in a 1:1 ratio. This solvent system can help achieve good separation and clear Rf values for benzil on the TLC plate.
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