Benzyl alcohol

• Formula: C₇H₈O
• Molecular weight: 108.1378
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C7H8O/c8-6-7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5,8H,6H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WVDDGKGOMKODPV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 100-51-6
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• Other names: Benzenemethanol; α-Hydroxytoluene; α-Toluenol; (Hydroxymethyl)benzene; Benzenecarbinol; Phenylcarbinol; Phenylmethanol; Phenylmethyl alcohol; Methanol, phenyl-; NCI-C06111; Hydroxytoluene; Bentalol; Benzoyl alcohol; Benzenmethanol; Benzylic alcohol; Methanol benzene; NSC 8044; Benzyl Alkohol
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C₇H₇O^- +  = (C₇H₇O^- • )

By formula: C₇H₇O^- + C₇H₈O = (C₇H₇O^- • C₇H₈O)

C₈H₅^- +  = (C₈H₅^- • )

By formula: C₈H₅^- + C₇H₈O = (C₈H₅^- • C₇H₈O)

C₇H₇O^- +  =

By formula: C₇H₇O^- + H⁺ = C₇H₈O

 +  = ( • )

By formula: C₅H₅^- + C₇H₈O = (C₅H₅^- • C₇H₈O)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: F^- + C₇H₈O = (F^- • C₇H₈O)

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₇H₇I + H₂O = HI + C₇H₈O

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₇H₇Br + H₂O = HBr + C₇H₈O

=  + 

By formula: C₇H₈O = C₇H₆O + H₂

References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Caldwell, Rozeboom, et al., 1984
Caldwell, G.; Rozeboom, M.D.; Kiplinger, J.P.; Bartmess, J.E., Anion-alcohol hydrogen bond strengths in the gas phase, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1984, 106, 4660. [all data]

Paul and Kebarle, 1990
Paul, G.J.C.; Kebarle, P., Thermodynamics of the Association Reactions OH- - H2O = HOHOH- and CH3O- - CH3OH = CH3OHOCH3- in the Gas Phase, J. Phys. Chem., 1990, 94, 12, 5184, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100375a076 . [all data]

Meot-ner and Sieck, 1986
Meot-ner, M.; Sieck, L.W., Relative acidities of water and methanol, and the stabilities of the dimer adducts, J. Phys. Chem., 1986, 90, 6687. [all data]

Caldwell and Kebarle, 1986
Caldwell, G.; Kebarle, P., Mobility of Gaseous Ions in Weak Electric Fields in Unpublished results, 1986. [all data]

Meot-Ner(Mautner), 1986
Meot-Ner(Mautner), M., Comparative Stabilities of Cationic and Anionic Hydrogen-Bonded Networks. Mixed Clusters of Water-Methanol, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 20, 6189, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00280a014 . [all data]

Bartmess, Scott, et al., 1979
Bartmess, J.E.; Scott, J.A.; McIver, R.T., Jr., The gas phase acidity scale from methanol to phenol, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1979, 101, 6047. [all data]

Meot-ner, 1988
Meot-ner, M., The Ionic Hydrogen Bond and Solvation. 7. Interaction Energies of Carbanions with Solvent Molecules, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 12, 3858, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00220a022 . [all data]

Mihalick, Gatev, et al., 1996
Mihalick, J.E.; Gatev, G.G.; Brauman, J.I., Electron Photodetachment Spectroscopy of Solvated Anions: RO.HF- or ROH.F-?, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 49, 12424, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja954202k . [all data]

Gellner and Skinner, 1949
Gellner, O.H.; Skinner, H.A., Dissociation energies of carbon-halogen bonds. The bond strengths allyl-X and benzyl-X, J. Chem. Soc., 1949, 1145-1148. [all data]

Cubberley and Mueller, 1946
Cubberley, A.H.; Mueller, M.B., Equilibrium studies on the dehydrogenation of primary and secondary alcohols. I. 2-Butanol, 2-octanol, cyclopentanol and benzyl alcohol, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 1149-1151. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions

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