08421

Benzyl alcohol

analytical standard

• Synonym(s): Benzenemethanol
• Linear Formula: C₆H₅CH₂OH
• CAS Number: 100-51-6
• Molecular Weight: 108.14
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 878307
• EC Number: 202-859-9
• MDL number: MFCD00004599
• UNSPSC Code: 12352104
• eCl@ss: 39023110
• PubChem Substance ID: 329748583
• NACRES: NA.24

Properties

• grade: analytical standard
• Quality Level: 100
• vapor density: 3.7 (vs air)
• vapor pressure: 13.3 mmHg ( 100 °C); 3.75 mmHg ( 77 °C)
• assay: ≥99.5% (GC)
• autoignition temp.: 817 °F
• shelf life: limited shelf life, expiry date on the label
• technique(s): HPLC: suitable; gas chromatography (GC): suitable
• refractive index: n20/D 1.539 (lit.); n20/D 1.541
• bp: 203-205 °C (lit.)
• mp: −16-−13 °C (lit.)
• density: 1.045 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
• application(s): environmental; food and beverages
• format: neat
• SMILES string: OCc1ccccc1
• InChI: 1S/C7H8O/c8-6-7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5,8H,6H2
• InChI key: WVDDGKGOMKODPV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Benzyl alcohol belongs to the aromatic alcohol group of compounds widely utilized in cosmetics and preservatives. It is also used as a solvent and viscosity-reducing agent.

This substance is listed on the positive list of the EU regulation 10/2011 for plastics intended to come into contact with food. Find all available reference materials for compounds listed in 10/2011 here

Application

Benzyl alcohol may be used as an analytical standard for the determination of benzyl alcohol in:

• Wine samples by dichloromethane microextraction followed by gas chromatography-flame ionization detection (GC-FID).
• Uncased and cased tobaccos by stream distillation continuous extraction (SDE) followed by capillary GC or GC coupled with mass spectroscopy (MS).
• Dairy products by solid phase microextraction (SPME) followed by GC-MS.
• Scented products by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) combined with diode array detector (DAD).

Other Notes

This compound is commonly found in plants of the genus: ginkgo

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Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS07
• signalword: Warning
• hcodes: H302 + H332,H319
• pcodes: P261 - P264 - P271 - P301 + P312 - P304 + P340 + P312 - P305 + P351 + P338
• Hazard Classifications: Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2
• Storage Class: 10 - Combustible liquids
• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: 213.8 °F - DIN 51758
• flash_point_c: 101 °C - DIN 51758
• ppe: Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter