Cinnamyl alcohol

Cinnamyl alcohol[1]
Skeletal formula
A sample of cinnamyl alcohol on a petri dish.
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
(2E)-3-Phenylprop-2-en-1-ol
Other names
Cinnamyl alcohol
Cinnamic alcohol
Styryl carbinol
Phenylallyl alcohol
Styron[2]
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.216.224 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 203-212-3
KEGG
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C9H10O/c10-8-4-7-9-5-2-1-3-6-9/h1-7,10H,8H2/b7-4+ checkY
    Key: OOCCDEMITAIZTP-QPJJXVBHSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1/C9H10O/c10-8-4-7-9-5-2-1-3-6-9/h1-7,10H,8H2/b7-4+
    Key: OOCCDEMITAIZTP-QPJJXVBHBG
  • c1ccc(cc1)/C=C/CO
Properties
C9H10O
Molar mass 134.178 g·mol−1
Density 1.0397 g/cm3 at 35 °C
Melting point 33 °C (91 °F; 306 K)
Boiling point 250 °C (482 °F; 523 K)
Slightly
Solubility soluble in ethanol, acetone, dichloromethane
-87.2·10−6 cm3/mol
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS07: Exclamation mark
Warning
H317
P261, P272, P280, P302+P352, P321, P333+P313, P363, P501
Flash point 126°C
Safety data sheet (SDS) External MSDS
Related compounds
Related compounds
Cinnamic acid; Cinnamaldehyde
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Cinnamyl alcohol or styron[2] is an organic compound that is found in esterified form in storax, Balsam of Peru, and cinnamon leaves. It forms a white crystalline solid when pure, or a yellow oil when even slightly impure. It can be produced by the hydrolysis of storax.

Cinnamyl alcohol is a occurs naturally only in small quantities, so its industrial demand is usually fulfilled by chemical synthesis starting from cinnamaldehyde.[3]

  1. ^ Merck Index, 11th Edition, 2305
  2. ^ a b Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science, Volumes 27-28, Sir William Crookes, page 126
  3. ^ Zucca, P; Littarru, M; Rescigno, A; Sanjust, E (May 2009). "Cofactor recycling for selective enzymatic biotransformation of cinnamaldehyde to cinnamyl alcohol". Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. 73 (5): 1224–6. doi:10.1271/bbb.90025. PMID 19420690. S2CID 28741979.