8861. Styrene Glycol
Nomenclature
CAS number: 93-56-1
1-Phenyl-1,2-ethanediol; phenylglycol; phenylethyleneglycol; α,β-dihydroxyethylbenzene. C8H10O2; mol wt 138.16.
C 69.55%, H 7.30%, O 23.16%.
Description and references
Prepd by reduction of phenylglyoxylic acid with LiAlH4: Nystrom, Brown, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 69, 2548 (1947); by reduction of styrene peroxide: Russel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 75, 5011 (1953). Prepn of optically active styrene glycol: Wilhelm, Bright, Helv. Chim. Acta 37, 221 (1954).
