Organic compounds which include diphenylmethane
Ball-and-stick model of diphenylmethaneThe benzhydryl compounds are a group of organic compounds whose parent structures include diphenylmethane (which is two benzene rings connected by a single methane), with any number of attached substituents, including bridges. This group typically excludes compounds in which either benzene is fused to another ring (bicyclic, tricyclic, polycyclic)[1] or includes a heteroatom, or where the methane connects to three or four benzenes.
Ball-and-stick model of the benzhydryl radicalThe benzhydryl radical can be abbreviated Ph
2CH• or Bzh.[2]
Heteroaromatic
These species are not strictly benzhydryl-containing but are analogous.
Heteroaromatic rings
Benzenes linked by a non-carbon atom
- Nitrogen: promethazine, imipramine, acepromazine, chlorpromazine, fluphenazine, mesoridazine, levomepromazine, perazine, periciazine, perphenazine, prochlorperazine, sulforidazine, thioridazine, trifluoperazine, triflupromazine, clozapine, thiethylperazine
- Indolic nitrogen: sertindole
- Oxygen: loxapine, asenapine, tyrima
Benzene and heterocycle linked through a non-carbon
