Benzyl alcohol
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Benzyl alcohol
C6H5CH2OH
Benzyl alcohol is a colorless liquid with a mild pleasant aromatic odor.
Uses
· Benzyl alcohol is used as a general solvent for inks, paints, lacquers, and epoxy resin coatings. It is also a precursor to a variety of esters, used in the soap, perfume, and flavor industries. It is often added to intravenous medication solutions as a preservative due to its bacteriostatic and antipruritic properties. It is also used as a photographic developer.
· Benzyl alcohol has been used as a dielectric solvent for the dielectrophoretic reconfiguration of nanowires
· Benzyl alcohol is used as a bacteriostatic preservative at low concentration in intravenous medications
· Benzyl alcohol has nearly the same refraction index of quartz and wool fibre