The formation of 2, 4, 6-triphenyl-s-triazine (I) by spontaneous decomposition of alkyl benzimidates has been reported by several authors. 2 In most cases the yields obtained were acknowledged to be negligible or the reaction was exceedingly Wheeler and Johnson4 became interested in this spontaneous trimerization reaction, and in 1900 they carefullypurified and stored samplesof methylp-toluimidateand of methyl, ethyl, and ...
