Benzyl Alcohol

Description

CAS NO.: 100-51-6
EINECS NO.: 202-859-9
FEMA: 2137
Molecular Formula:
Molecular Weight: 108.13
Molecular Structural Formula:
The benzyl alcohol, also named as phenyl carbinol, bentanol or a-hydoxytoluene, is a colorless liquid with a sharp burning taste and mild pleasant aromatic odor. Because of its polarity, low toxicity and low vapor pressure, it is widely used as solvent.

It is partially soluble in water, and completely miscible in alcohols and diethyl ether, benzene, methanol, chloroform, ethanol, ether and acetone. When heated to decomposition, the benzyl alcohol emits acrid smoke and fumes.
Benzyl alcohol is manufactured industrially from benzyl chloride and sodium carbonate.

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Main Applications

Usually, the benzyl alcohol serves as a kind of general solvent for inks, paints, lacquers, and epoxy resin coatings. And because of its low volatility and low toxicity, it widely utilized as the solvent in lots of special applications, as well as a versatile co-solvent used in curing agent formulations for epoxy resins of coatings, flooring systems, adhesives, etc. Also, the benzyl alcohol is applied in photo developer systems, metal cleaning formulation, cosmetics, hair care products, as well as in pharmaceuticals, flavor and fragrance industries.
In Nanotechnological industry, the benzyl alcohol serves as a dielectric solvent for the dielectrophoretic reconfiguration of nanowires.
In area of health care, it can be used as a bacteriostatic preservative at low concentration in intravenous medication, cosmetics and topical drugs.

Typical Properties

Appearance	Colorless or slightly yellow liquid
Odor	Faintly aromatic
Assay	≥99.9%
Density	1.0455g/cm3(20℃)
Melting Point	-15.3℃
Boiling Point	205.45℃
Chloride	≤0.005%
Benzaldehyde	≤0.02%
Cyclohexanemethanol	0.10%
Moisture	≤0.1%
Refractive Index	1.538-1.541
Storage	Store cool, dry and ventilated

Quality Standard

Items of Analysis	BP2000	Perfumery Grade
Appearance	colorless transparent liquid	colorless transparent liquid
Color (Hazen):	5 max	5 max
Fragrance	—	Light scent of flower
Content % (GC)	99.95min	99.98min
Aldehyde (PPM)	300 max	100 max
Specific gravity (20°C,kg/m3):	1043-1048	1043-1048
Chloride (PPM)	50 max	30 max
Acidity	0.1 max	0.05 max
(As Benzoic Acid) (%) :
Clarity Of Solution(1:30):	Clear	Clear
Water %	0.1 max	0.05 max
Refractive Index	1.538-1.541	1.538-1.541