Phenylethyl Alcohol

• Formula: C₈H₁₀O
• Molecular weight: 122.1644
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H10O/c9-7-6-8-4-2-1-3-5-8/h1-5,9H,6-7H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WRMNZCZEMHIOCP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 60-12-8
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Benzeneethanol; Phenethyl alcohol; β-Hydroxyethylbenzene; β-Phenethyl alcohol; β-Phenylethanol; β-Phenylethyl alcohol; β-PEA; Benzyl Carbinol; Ethanol, 2-phenyl-; Phenethanol; PEA; 2-Phenethyl alcohol; 2-Phenylethanol; 2-Phenylethyl alcohol; Methanol, benzyl-; Phenylethanol; Phenylethyl, beta- alcohol; 2-PEA; β-Fenethylalkohol; β-Fenylethanol; β-Phenethanol; 2-Phenethanol; β-P.E.A.; 1-Phenyl-2-ethanol; Hydroxyethylbenzene; Mellol; Beta-phenylethyl alcohol; Benzenethanol; 1-phenyl-2-ethanol (β-phenylethanol); 2-PhenyIethanol; Benzeneethanol (2-Phenylethanol)
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  • IR Spectrum
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • UV/Visible spectrum
  • References
  • Notes
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard

View reactions leading to C₈H₁₀O⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Appearance energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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• LIQUID $$ 96% PURE; Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY; 4 cm^-1 resolution

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• gas; HP-GC/MS/IRD

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Spectrum

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References

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Nichols and Wads, 1975
Nichols, N.; Wads, I., Thermochemistry of solutions of biochemical model compounds. 3. Some benzene derivatives in aqueous solution, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1975, 7, 329-336. [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Lecat, 1930
Lecat, M., Azeotropism in Binary Mixtures Containing an Alcohol Mixed with an amine, a nitro derivative, an ether or water., Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 1930, 186, 119. [all data]

Norris and Ashdown, 1925
Norris, J.F.; Ashdown, A.A., The Reactivity of Atoms and Groups in Org. Comp. I. The Relative Reactivities of the Hydroxyl-Hydrogen Atoms in Certain Alochols, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1925, 47, 837-46. [all data]

Huckel and Wenzke, 1944
Huckel, W.; Wenzke, U., The Association of Aromatic Alcohols, Z. Phys. Chem. (Leipzig), 1944, 193, 132-61. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Dreisbach and Shrader, 1949
Dreisbach, R.R.; Shrader, S.A., Vapor Pressure--Temperature Data on Some Organic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 12, 2879-2880, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50480a054 . [all data]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Burgers, Terlouw, et al., 1982
Burgers, P.C.; Terlouw, J.K.; Levsen, K., Gaseous [C₇H₈⁺] ions: [Methylene cyclohexadiene]⁺, a stable species in the gas phase, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1982, 17, 295. [all data]

Jordan and Treloar, 1961
Jordan, D.O.; Treloar, F.E., The cationic polymerization of styrene. Part I. The 1-phenylethyl cation, J. Chem. Soc., 1961, 729-734. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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