2619. Cumic Alcohol

Nomenclature

CAS number: 536-60-7
4-(1-Methylethyl)benzenemethanol; cuminol; cuminyl alcohol; p-isopropylbenzyl alcohol.
C10H14O; mol wt 150.22.
C 79.95%, H 9.39%, O 10.65%.

Description and references

Found in caraway seed. Prepd by the reduction of cuminal; also by treating a suspension of cuminylmagnesium chloride in ether with dry oxygen.

Chemical structure

Properties

Liquid; intense, persistent, caraway-like odor and burning, aromatic taste. d15 0.981. bp 248.4°. nD24 1.522. Insol in water; miscible with alcohol, ether.