Salicyl alcohol

Salicyl alcohol
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
2-(Hydroxymethyl)phenol
Other names
2-Hydroxybenzyl alcohol, Salicain, Diathesin, Saligenin, Saligenol, Salicyl alcohol, α,2-Toluenediol, o-Methylolphenol, 2-Methylolphenol, Salicylic alcohol[1]
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.001.782 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 201-960-5
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C7H8O2/c8-5-6-3-1-2-4-7(6)9/h1-4,8-9H,5H2
    Key: CQRYARSYNCAZFO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • c1ccc(c(c1)CO)O
Properties
C7H8O2
Molar mass 124.139 g·mol−1
Density 1.16 g/cm3
Melting point 86 °C (187 °F; 359 K)
Boiling point 267 °C (513 °F; 540 K)
67g/L at 22 °C[2]
-76.9·10−6 cm3/mol
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS07: Exclamation mark
Warning
H315, H319, H335
P261, P264, P271, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P312, P321, P332+P313, P337+P313, P362, P403+P233, P405, P501
Flash point 134 °C[2]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Salicyl alcohol (saligenin) is an organic compound with the formula C6HOH(CH2OH. It is a white solid that is used as a precursor in organic synthesis.[3]

  1. ^ "2-Hydroxybenzyl alcohol". chemicalbook.com.
  2. ^ a b "salicylic alcohol". chemspider.com.
  3. ^ Vishwakarma Singh, Mini Porinchu, Punitha Vedantham, Pramod K. Sahu1 (2005). "Synthesis of 9-Spiroepoxy-endo-Tricyclo[5.2.2.0]undeca-4,10-dien-8-one". Organic Syntheses. 81: 171. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.081.0171.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)