This document summarizes the laboratory synthesis of triphenyl imidazole. It begins by stating the aim of synthesizing 2,4,5 triphenyl imidazole using benzil, ammonium acetate, benzaldehyde, and glacial acetic acid via the Debus-Radziszewski reaction. It then provides details on the synthesis of benzil as a starting material and the reaction mechanism. The procedure describes heating the reactants at 100°C for 3-4 hours to form an orange solution, cooling, neutralizing with ammonium hydroxide, and filtering and drying the precipitated triphenyl imidazole product.