Benzyl Alcohol
An aromatic alcohol, C7H8O, 108.14 g/mol. Boiling point 205.3 °C, 478 K, 402 °F, melting point -15..2 °C, 258 K, 5 °F, as published.
Identifiers
- Molecular formula
- C₇H₈O
- Molecular weight
- 108.14 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 108.057515 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- phenylmethanol
- OCc1ccccc1
- InChI=1S/C7H8O/c8-6-7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5,8H,6H2
- WVDDGKGOMKODPV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Measured properties
- Boiling Point
- 401 °F at 760 mmHg (NTP, 1992)
- 205.3 °C, 478 K, 402 °F
- Melting Point
- 4.5 °F (NTP, 1992)
- -15..2 °C, 258 K, 5 °F
- Density
- 1.05 at 1515 °F (USCG, 1999) - Denser than water; will sink
- 1.0419 g/cu cm at 24 °C
- Solubility
- 10 to 50 mg/mL at 70 °F (NTP, 1992)
- 33 mg/mL, clear, colorless
- Vapor Pressure
- 0.1 mmHg at 68 °F ; 1 mmHg at 136 °F (NTP, 1992)
- 0.09 [mmHg]
- LogP
- 1.1
- log Kow = 1.10
- Flash Point
- 213 °F (NTP, 1992)
- 93 °C
- Viscosity
- 5.474 cP at 25 °C; 2.760 cP at 50 °C; 1.618 cP at 75 °C; 1.055 cP at 100 °C
- Refractive Index
- [n]D/20 1,538-1,541
- Index of refraction: 1.5396 at 20 °C/D
- 1.536-1.541
Calculated properties
- Molecular weight
- 108.14 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 108.057514874 Da
- XLogP3
- 1.1
- Polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- Complexity
- 55
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- logP
- 1.1789
- Topological polar surface area
- 20.23 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Rotatable bonds
- 1
- Molar refractivity
- 32.3648 cm³/mol
- Fraction sp³ carbons
- 0.1429
- QED drug-likeness
- 0.5723
What it is made of
Elements
Structure
- Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded
- 8
- Total atoms, hydrogen included
- 16
- Rings
- 1
- Aromatic rings
- 1
- Stereocentres
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
Functional groups
Alcohol
Aromatic ring
The molecule in three dimensions
The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.
Reactions it appears in
Other names for it
The systematic name on this record is phenylmethanol.
The sources also call it phenylmethanol, benzenemethanol, phenylcarbinol, Benzenecarbinol, Hydroxytoluene, Benzoyl alcohol, alpha-Toluenol, Phenylmethyl alcohol, (Hydroxymethyl)benzene, Phenolcarbinol, alpha-hydroxytoluene.
Structurally related
Seen alongside it in reaction records
Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Benzyl Alcohol. This says nothing about structure: most of them are the bases, solvents, ligands and catalysts the chemistry needed, and they are here because somebody put them in the same flask.
1,8-Diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undec-7-ene
used as a reactant
C₉H₁₆N₂, 152.241 g/mol.
1,2-Dimethoxyethane
used as a reactant
C₄H₁₀O₂, 90.122 g/mol.
1,4-Bis(benzyloxycarbonyl)piperazine-2-carboxylic acid
used as a reactant
C₂₁H₂₂N₂O₆, 398.415 g/mol.
1,3-Dibenzyl (3RS,4SR)-3-[2-(tert-butoxy)-2-oxoethyl]-4-methylpyrrolidine-1,3-dicarboxylate
used as a reactant
C₂₇H₃₃NO₆, 467.562 g/mol.
1'-[(6-chloro-1H-indol-3-yl)carbonyl]-3H-spiro[2-benzofuran-1,4'-piperidin]-3-one
used as a reactant
C₂₁H₁₇ClN₂O₃, 380.831 g/mol.
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What this page does not claim
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