Triphenylethanol, or 1,1,2-triphenylethanol, is an organic compound with a condensed structural formula of , and is related to triphenylethylene, from which it can be prepared by hydration. It is the structural analog of two drugs, the never-marketed antiestrogen ethamoxytriphetol (MER-25) and the withdrawn lipid-lowering agent triparanol, as both contain the 1,1,2-triphenylethanol moiety within their structure.
There are three isomeric compounds with a "triphenylethanol" structure: 1,1,2-triphenylethanol; 1,2,2-triphenylethanol, with a condensed structural formula of , which exists as a pair of enantiomers; and, 2,2,2-triphenylethanol, with a condensed structural formula of .
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