Benzyl Alcohol CAS 100-51-6


Factory Manufacturer Benzyl Alcohol CAS 100-51-6
- Appearance:Liquid
- Purity:99.8%
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Name: Benzyl Alcohol
CAS: 100-51-6
MOQ: 1KG
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Chemical Structure
Basic Info:
Melting point | -15 °C |
Boiling point | 205 °C |
density | 1.045 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.) |
vapor density | 3.7 (vs air) |
vapor pressure | 13.3 mm Hg ( 100 °C) |
refractive index | n20/D 1.539(lit.) |
FEMA | 2137 | BENZYL ALCOHOL |
Fp | 201 °F |
Product Introduction:
Benzyl Alcohol (C6H5CH2OH) is an aromatic liquid with a colorless, transparent form and low solubility in water, but has excellent solubility in organic solvents like ethanol and ether. Its melting point stands at 5.5degC while its boiling point stands at 205degC; thus ensuring high stability without easy volatilization at room temperatures; its structure includes both acid-base interactions as well as hydrophilicity/polarity properties.
Benzyl alcohol is widely used across cosmetics, perfumes, pharmaceuticals and food industries as a fragrance and solvent. With its fresh fragrance it is often included in citrus fragrance formulas. Due to its antibacterial and antifungal effects it has also found use as part of topical antibacterial drugs as well as used as solvent in coatings, inks and other industries.
Benzyl Alcohol has proven its pharmacological efficacy through studies. Studies have demonstrated its inhibitory action on the central nervous system and its ability to cause sedation or anti-anxiety effects, with its metabolite benzoic acid also having many of these same properties – often used as an ingredient for drug production; benzoic acid also used as an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant component in some Chinese herbal remedies and traditional prescriptions, serving to provide additional medicinal effects.
Benzyl alcohol plays an essential role in synthetic chemistry and is frequently employed as an intermediate and reaction reagent during its production of other compounds such as benzoic acid and its derivatives. There are multiple methods for its synthesis; among these is its reaction with benzene/methanol/benzaldehyde reduction reduction etc, with minimal reaction conditions and yield. Furthermore, its application can improve flexibility and thermal stability of some polymeric materials as it acts as plasticizer/modifier to increase flexibility/thermal stability of flexibility/thermal stability of material properties.
Nature and Specifications:
Item | Specification |
Product Name | Benzyl Alcohol |
CAS No. | 100-51-6 |
Appearance | Liquid |
Shelf Life | 2 years |
Packing | As your requirements |
storage temp. | Store at +2°C to +25°C. |
solubility | H2O: 33 mg/mL, clear, colorless |
pka | 14.36±0.10(Predicted) |
form | Liquid |
color | APHA: ≤20 |
Relative polarity | 0.608 |
Odor | Mild, pleasant. |
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- Route of synthesis (ROS)
- Method of Aanlysis (MOA)
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
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1. Cosmetics and Fragrance Industry
Benzyl Alcohol plays an essential role in the cosmetics and fragrance industries. Due to its aromatic fragrances and antibacterial properties, Benzyl Alcohol has found widespread application as both fragrance and preservative for perfumes, shampoos, skin care products, shower gels and other products as a fragrance and preservative. In perfume formulation, its use often helps add citrus or floral notes for an elegant scent; furthermore Benzyl Alcohol helps extend shelf life of product while inhibiting microorganism growth which makes it an invaluable preservative element when added preservatively into various cosmetics and skin care products containing preservative ingredients.
2. Food Industry
In the food industry, Benzyl Alcohol is employed both as a fragrance and food additive. With its clean fragrance, Benzyl Alcohol is ideal for seasoning or as a fragrance in beverages such as juices, candies, beverages and cakes; when added as food ingredients it enhances fruity and floral flavors such as citrus flavors or berry tones enhancing fruity and floral aromas and prolonging shelf life by delaying microbial growth and thus increasing safety and shelf life of foods.
3. Medical Field
Benzyl alcohol also offers significant applications in medicine, particularly as an antibacterial agent and drug solvent. As it can inhibit certain bacteria and fungi from growing, benzyl alcohol is frequently used as a preservative in topical treatments such as ointments and creams for skin conditions, as well as used as an absorbable solvent in pharmaceutical preparations to help dissolve and absorb medication more easily. Furthermore, its metabolic by-product benzoic acid offers additional pharmacological effects in terms of participation in metabolism processes while exerting antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects in its presence within our bodies – these substances also provide considerable application.
4. Chemical Industry
Benzyl alcohol is an integral component of the chemical industry and widely utilized as an intermediate in the synthesis of other organic compounds. For instance, through oxidation reactions it can be converted to benzoic acid which in turn provides raw material for derivatives such as sodium benzoate and benzoic acid esters – all widely used across industries like dyes, plastics and coatings as well as being utilized as solvents in coatings, inks and detergents for improved solubility and fluidity.
5. Textile and Printing Industries
In the textile and printing industries, Benzyl Alcohol plays an integral part as both a solvent and an auxiliary agent in preparing dyes and textile printing inks. It helps dyes dissolve and disperse more evenly to improve dyeing effects while increasing fluidity and adhesion of printing inks to make printing quality more even and stable – playing an invaluable role as both solvent and auxiliary agent in these areas of work.
6. Agricultural Field
In agriculture, Benzyl Alcohol has several applications; most notably as a natural plant protection agent. With antibacterial properties and effective disease-fighting abilities such as antifungal properties, it’s used to help prevent and control plant diseases like fungal ones while simultaneously improving disease resistance and growth rate of crops. Benzyl Alcohol’s eco-friendliness make it an attractive environmentally friendly alternative pesticide.
7. Organic Synthesis
Benzyl alcohol is an integral component in numerous organic synthesis reactions. Through catalytic reduction reactions, it can be converted to compounds like styrene and phenylacetic acid which have wide applications across medicine, plastics, synthetic rubber as well as certain polymer materials – specifically plasticizers/modifiers which improve flexibility, thermal stability and anti-age properties of materials.
8. Environmental and Energy Fields
Benzyl Alcohol has seen increased use in environmental protection and energy fields with the rise of green chemistry and sustainable development technology, though its usage remains relatively rare in these fields. With such technologies coming to prominence, however, benzyl alcohol has gained prominence as an organic solvent with good biodegradability that may serve as an environmentally friendly replacement in cleaners or paint strippers to lower usage of harmful solvents while its low toxicity and degradability create potential opportunities in environmental protection.
1. Versatility
Benzyl alcohol is widely used and useful in many fields. In addition to being used as a fragrance for cosmetics and foods, its range of uses also covers antibacterial, antifungal and solvent functions, as well as various other uses such as being an intermediate for preservative solvents in pharmaceutical research. In conclusion, we consider benzyl alcohol to be a raw material with irreplaceable uses in many industries.
2. Antimicrobial and preservative properties
Benzyl alcohol is an excellent antimicrobial and preservative agent. It fights the growth of bacteria and fungi; therefore, it is used in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals to maintain safety and extend shelf life. This makes benzyl alcohol one of the most commonly used preservatives.
3. Low toxicity and good biocompatibility
Benzyl alcohol is less toxic than most organic solvents and has good biocompatibility, making it a preferred preservative in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Due to its low toxicity, the risk of allergic or any other type of reaction when applied to the skin surface is very low. Benzoic acid is also metabolized by the human body, further improving its safety.
4. Benzyl alcohol has high solubility in many organic solvents (such as ethanol, ether, etc.), can dissolve a variety of fat-soluble and water-soluble compounds, and is extremely useful for the synthesis of chemicals and their use in various industrial applications. As a solvent, it can enhance the solubility, fluidity and processing characteristics of coatings, inks, plastics and polymer materials as part of their production applications in coatings, inks, plastics or polymer materials.
5. Stability and convenient storage
Benzyl alcohol has good chemical stability at room temperature and pressure, making it easy to transport and store in the fields of medicine, cosmetics and chemicals. Especially because long-term use will not reduce performance due to oxidation or decomposition. Therefore, benzyl alcohol is an ideal choice for long-term use and will not be affected by decomposition or volatilization.
6. Wide range of uses.
The main advantage of benzyl alcohol is that it is suitable for a wide range of fields. In addition to cosmetics, food and medicine, it can also be used in agriculture, where it is used as a natural plant protectant; in the textile printing industry, it is used as a solvent and plasticizer; agriculture (natural plant protectant); textile printing; textile printing; textile industry as a solvent/plasticizer/solvent, etc. This makes it of great importance in many different sectors and industries as it can be used everywhere.
7. Lower cost
Benzyl alcohol can be synthesized simply and cheaply, making this chemical raw material attractive for industrial production, especially large-scale production in a highly competitive market. Therefore, benzyl alcohol often replaces many alternative raw materials in many applications and fields due to cost-effectiveness.
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