| Chemical |
Benzyl benzoate |
| CAS-number : |
120-51-4 |
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| Synonyms : |
| Benzoic acid, benzyl ester. |
| Benzoic acid, phenylmethyl ester |
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| Sumformula of the chemical : |
| C14H12O2 |
| EINECS-number : |
| 2044029 |
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| Uses : |
Fixative and solvent for musk in perfumes and flavors; medicine
(external); plasticizer for nitrcellulose and cellulose
acetate; miticide.
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| State and appearance : |
Water-white liquid; readly freezes.
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| Odor : |
Sharp, burning taste and faint aromatic odor.
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| Spesicif gravity (water=1) : |
| 1.116 |
1.116 - 1.120 (25/25 °C) |
| 1.12 |
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| Melting point, °C : |
| 18.8 |
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| Boiling point, °C : |
| 325 |
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| Flashing point, °C : |
| 147.7 |
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| Log octanol/water coefficient, log Pow : |
| 3.97 |
ANON 1986 |
| 3.97 |
Sangster 1989 |
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| Other physicochemical properties : |
Supercools easily.
Insoluble in water, glycerol; soluble in
alcohol, chloroform, ether.
Combustible.
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References |
| 2283 | Anon.1986a.
Evaluation of the OECD laboratory intercomparison
testing on the determination of the partition coefficient
n-octanol-water by reverse phase HPLC.
Report.
Fraunhofer-Institut für Umweltchemie und Ökotoxikologie. |
| 3104 | Sangster, J. 1989.
Octanol-water partition coefficients of
simple organic compounds.
J.
Phys.
Chem.
Ref.
Data, Vol 18, No.
3: 1111 - 1229. |
