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2-Benzylphenol

≥98.0% (GC)

Synonym(s):

α-Phenyl-o-cresol, 2-Hydroxydiphenylmethane

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Linear Formula:
C6H5CH2C6H4OH
CAS Number:
28994-41-4
Molecular Weight:
184.23
Beilstein:
2045725
EC Number:
249-361-8
MDL number:
MFCD00002242
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
57647115
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

100

Assay

≥98.0% (GC)

form

solid

bp

312 °C (lit.)

mp

49-51 °C (lit.)
49-51 °C

solubility

methanol: soluble 1 g/10 mL, clear, almost colorless

SMILES string

Oc1ccccc1Cc2ccccc2

InChI

1S/C13H12O/c14-13-9-5-4-8-12(13)10-11-6-2-1-3-7-11/h1-9,14H,10H2

InChI key

CDMGNVWZXRKJNS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

2-Benzylphenol was used as starting reagent in the synthesis of 2-benzylacetate. It was also used in the the synthesis of 6- and 8-benzyl derivatives of 2-(dialkylamino)chromones.

Pictograms

Exclamation mark
GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H315,H319,H335

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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A Balbi et al.
Il Farmaco; edizione scientifica, 37(9), 582-596 (1982-09-01)
Some 2-(dialkylamino)chromones phenyl substituted in position 6 or 7 or 8 were synthesized by reaction of N,N-dialkylethoxycarbonylacetamides with 4- or 3- or 2-biphenylol, respectively, in the presence of phosphorus oxychloride. The pharmacological activity of these compounds was then evaluated and
Yu-Zhe Chen et al.
Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology, 8(7), 916-925 (2009-07-08)
Photo-Fries rearrangements and associated photoreactions of four o-cresyl acylates were investigated in cyclohexane and in unstretched and stretched polyethylene (PE) films with different degrees of crystallinity. The esters differ in the number of phenyl substituents attached to the methyl group
Masateru Ono et al.
Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin, 50(10), 1416-1417 (2002-10-10)
A new ortho-benzoyloxyphenyl acetic acid ester, called vaccihein A (1), was isolated from the fruit of rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium ashei). The chemical structure was determined on the basis of spectroscopic data. Compound 1 had antioxidative activity using the ferric thiocyanate
A W Stocklinski
Xenobiotica; the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems, 11(6), 425-432 (1981-06-01)
1. Urine and faeces, and two-hour bile samples from adult male rats dosed with [14C]diphenylmethane were analysed for benzhydrol and 2- and 4-hydroxydiphenyl-methane by silica gel GF t.l.c. and 14C-determination. 2. Mean values of 48.4% and 17.7% of the administered

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