The stereoisomers of 1,2,3-triphenylindans were synthesized via 1,2,3-triphenylindan-1-ols. The configurational assignments of all the compounds were made by chemical and spectroscopic methods. An unexpected compound was isolated as a by-product of the Grignard reactions and was identified as r-2-hydroxy-2, t-3-diphenylindan-1-one.