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The test involved nitrating the hydrocarbon and adding a crystal of the nitro compound to ethanolic KOH. Tetranitrotetraphenylmethane gave no color, unlike trinitrotriphenylmethane, which has a relatively acidic aliphatic hydrogen.
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