The application provides a method for synthesizing triaminotriphenylmethane, which does not need to use a
solvent, uses N,N'-dibenzylaniline and trialkoxymethane as synthetic raw materials, and makes N,N'-dibenzylaniline and trialkoxymethane undergo a Friedel-Crafts
alkylation reaction, so as to avoid the generation of 2,4',4"-triaminotriphenylmethane isomers in a traditional synthesis method by using the steric effect of two benzyl protective groups, thereby obtaining 4,4',4"-tri(N,N'-dibenzylaminophenyl)
methane with
high selectivity. 4,4',4"-tri(N,N'-dibenzylaminophenyl)
methane is further subjected to a debenzylation reaction under neutral conditions to form triaminotriphenylmethane. According to the chemical
structural formula of the target product, the
benzyl group as the protective group of the amino group is reduced under a neutral environment, and the
benzyl group is removed, and the formed byproduct is only
toluene, which not only ensures the high yield and
high selectivity of the target product, but also is very beneficial to obtaining high-purity 4,4',4"-triaminotriphenylmethane, and conforms to the principle of
green chemistry.