1142. o-Benzylphenol

Nomenclature

CAS number: 28994-41-4
2-(Phenylmethyl)phenol; α-phenyl-o-cresol; (2-hydroxydiphenyl)methane.
C13H12O; mol wt 184.23.
C 84.75%, H 6.57%, O 8.68%.

Description and references

Prepn from benzyl bromide and sodium phenoxide: Kornblum, Lurie, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 81, 2711 (1959).

Chemical structure

Properties

Crystals or liquid. mp 20.2-20.9°. bp10 154-156°; bp1.0 121-123°. nD20 1.59945. Practically insol in water. Sol in organic solvents, in fixed alkali hydroxide solns.