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B6630

Benzyl benzoate

≥99.0%, liquid, ReagentPlus®

Synonym(s):

Benzoic acid benzyl ester

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Linear Formula:
C6H5COOCH2C6H5
CAS Number:
120-51-4
Molecular Weight:
212.24
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
57653953
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
EC Number:
204-402-9
MDL number:
MFCD00003075
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2049280

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Product Name

Benzyl benzoate, ReagentPlus®, ≥99.0%

form

liquid

InChI key

SESFRYSPDFLNCH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C14H12O2/c15-14(13-9-5-2-6-10-13)16-11-12-7-3-1-4-8-12/h1-10H,11H2

SMILES string

O=C(OCc1ccccc1)c2ccccc2

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 125 °C)

product line

ReagentPlus®

assay

≥99.0%

autoignition temp.

896 °F

refractive index

n20/D 1.568 (lit.)

bp

323-324 °C (lit.)

mp

17-20 °C (lit.)

density

1.118 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

functional group

ester
phenyl

Quality Level

100

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Application

Benzyl benzoate has been used to:
  • Prepare benzyl alcohol/benzyl benzoate (BABB) solution employed for enhancing the tissue transparency during the whole-mount immunostaining BABB method.
  • Study its ability to induce an olfactory response in the third instar larvae of Drosophila melanogaster.
  • Prepare Spalteholz fluid in combination with methyl salicylate, employed during LSFM (light sheet fluorescence microscopy) imaging.

General description

Benzyl benzoate is a benzyl compound that can be synthesized by reacting benzyl chloride with sodium benzoate in the presence of tetrabutylaramonium iodide. It is reported to be the key constituent in the essential oils isolated from leaves and stem bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum. Its toxicity has been assessed. The mechanism of thermal decomposition of benzyl benzoate has been investigated.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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hcodes

H302,H410

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 2

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

298.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

148 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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MKCX4904
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MKCR0988
MKCN5665

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Pyrolytic Chemistry of Benzyl Benzoate.
Chen PS and Chou CH.
J. Chin. Chem. Soc., 41(5), 597-599 (1994)
Jos van Rooij et al.
Biomedical optics express, 10(4), 1782-1793 (2019-05-16)
In this work we demonstrate large-scale high-sensitivity optical diffraction tomography (ODT) of zebrafish. We make this possible by three improvements. First, we obtain a large field of view while still maintaining a high resolution by using a high magnification over
Benzyl benzoate, the major component of the leaf and stem bark oil of Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume.
Nath SC, et al.
J. Essent. Oil Res., 8(3), 327-328 (1996)
Kinetics of phase transfer catalytic preparation of benzyl benzoate.
Chang JR, et al.
J. Chin. Chem. Soc., 31(2), 185-190 (1984)
Toxicity studies on benzyl benzoate and related benzyl compounds.
B E GRAHAM et al.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 84, 358-362 (1945-08-01)
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