Introduction
Name: benzyl alcohol; phenylmethanol; phenylcarbinol
* IUPAC
CAS Number: 100-51-6
Molar Mass: 108.13782 g
Mass Percent: C 77.747 %; H 7.4567 %; O 14.795 %
Isomers: anisole • p-cresol • m-cresol • o-cresol
Classification
Uses/Function
• "Manuf[acture] other benzyl comp[oun]ds. Pharmaceutic aid (antimicrobial). Solvent for gelatin, casein (when hot), solvent for cellulose acetate, shellac. Used in perfumery and in flavoring (mostly in form of its aliphatic esters). In microscopy as embedding material." 1
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For More Information
Sources
(1) - The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals, 13th ed.; Budavari, S.; O'Neil, M.J.; Smith, A.; Heckelman, P. E.; Kinneary, J. F., Eds.; Merck & Co.: Whitehouse Station, NJ, 2001; entry 1126.