Triphenylmethyl bromide. Triphenylmethanol (0.203 g, 0.780 mmol), a white solid, was dissolved in a soln of acetic acid (4.00 mL) and Hydrobromic Acid (6.00 mL). The reaction tube and its resulting yellow soln were heated for 7 min using a boiling water bath. The tube was then cooled using an ice bath. Next the soln was vacuumed filtered, the white product was washed with water (about 1.0 mL) and the left to dry. Once dry, the crude product was weighed and then recrystallized from hexanes yielding triphenylmethyl bromide (0.124 g, 0.384 mmol, 49.2%), also a white solid. Next, the Beilstein test was performed by diping a pre-decontaminated copper wire into the triphenylmethyl bromide sample and then placing it in a flame, resulting in a green