Reduction of tris (p-nitro phenyl) methyl bromide as a model reaction for the study of the electron-donating ability of nucleophilic compounds

Conclusions The reaction of tris(p-nitrophenyl)methyl bromide with various nucleophiles yields a stable radical, viz., tris(p-nitrophenyl)methyl, which is also generated by the reaction of tris(p-nitrophenyl)methyl anion with various electrophiles.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1669–1670, July, 1972.