Process for the production of triaryl methane compounds

Abstract

A process for the production of a compound of formula ##STR1## which comprises reacting a compound of formula ##STR2## or a mixture of the compounds (2a) and (2b) with a compound ZH or a compound of formula ##STR3## or a mixture of the compounds (2c) and (2d) with a compound YH, both reactions under acidic conditions, wherein X and Y are the same or different and each represents an aromatic carbocyclic radical having an unsubstituted or substituted amino group in the para position to the indicated bond, or a heterocyclic group, and Z represents an aryl radical of formula ##STR4## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently of one another represent hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 -alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, aryl, or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together with the nitrogen atom which links them represent a five- or six-membered, preferably saturated, heterocyclic radical and