7267. Phenyl Acetate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 122-79-2
Acetic acid phenyl ester; acetoxybenzene; acetylphenol.
C8H8O2; mol wt 136.15.
C 70.57%, H 5.92%, O 23.50%.

Description and references

Prepd from phenol and acetyl chloride.

Chemical structure

Properties

Colorless, mobile, highly refractive liquid; phenolic odor. d420 1.073; bp 195-196°. nD20 1.5030 (almost the same as glass). Practically insol in water. Miscible with alc, chloroform, ether; sol in glacial acetic acid. LD50 orally in rats: 1.63 ml/kg, H. F. Smyth et al., Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J. 30, 470 (1969).