Title: Phenyl Acetate
CAS Registry Number: 122-79-2
CAS Name: Acetic acid phenyl ester
Additional Names: acetylphenol
Molecular Formula: C8H8O2
Molecular Weight: 136.15
Percent Composition: C 70.57%, H 5.92%, O 23.50%
Line Formula: C6H5OOCCH3
Literature References: Prepd from phenol and acetyl chloride.
Properties: Colorless, mobile, highly refractive liquid; phenolic odor. d420 1.073; bp 195-196°. nD20 1.5030 (almost the same as glass). Practically insol in water. Miscible with alc, chloroform, ether; sol in glacial acetic acid. LD50 orally in rats: 1.63 ml/kg, H. F. Smyth et al., Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J. 30, 470 (1969).
Boiling point: bp 195-196°
Index of refraction: nD20 1.5030 (almost the same as glass)
Density: d420 1.073
Toxicity data: LD50 orally in rats: 1.63 ml/kg, H. F. Smyth et al., Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J. 30, 470 (1969) |