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Cinnamyl alcohol

Name: Cinnamyl alcohol
Brand: ALDRICH

98%

Synonym(s):

3-Phenyl-2-propen-1-ol

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Linear Formula:

C₆H₅CH=CHCH₂OH

CAS Number:

104-54-1

Molecular Weight:

134.18

UNSPSC Code:

12352100

NACRES:

NA.22

PubChem Substance ID:

24846655

EC Number:

203-212-3

Beilstein/REAXYS Number:

1903999

MDL number:

MFCD00002921

Assay:

98%

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Properties

vapor density

4.6 (vs air)

Quality Level

100

vapor pressure

<0.01 mmHg ( 25 °C)

assay

98%

bp

250 °C (lit.)

mp

30-33 °C (lit.)

solubility

H₂O: soluble, alcohol: freely soluble, diethyl ether: freely soluble, glycerol: soluble, organic solvents: freely soluble

density

1.044 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

hydroxyl, phenyl

SMILES string

OC\C=C\c1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C9H10O/c10-8-4-7-9-5-2-1-3-6-9/h1-7,10H,8H2/b7-4+

InChI key

OOCCDEMITAIZTP-QPJJXVBHSA-N

Description

General description

Cinnamyl alcohol is an organic building block used as a chain transfer agent in polymerization. Cinnamyl alcohol causes Friedel Crafts alkylation of bulky aromatic compound 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol using mesoporous aluminosilicate as catalyst. It undergoes partial oxidation in air to form cinnamaldehyde over a series of Bi-Pt/alumina catalysts. It is also used in perfumery and in deodorant compositions.

Application

Cinnamyl alcohol was used to study the alkylation of 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol by cinnamyl alcohol using aluminum-containing mesoporous ethane-silica catalyst. It was used to study gold nanoparticles supported on titanium dioxide catalysed oxidative coupling of alcohols and amines to form the corresponding imines.