Acetic Acid

Benzyl alcohol is partially soluble in water (4 g/100 mL) and completely miscible in alcohols and ether. It is prepared by the hydrolysis of benzyl chloride using sodium hydroxide:

Benzyl alcohol is used as a general solvent for inks, paints, lacquers, and epoxy resin coatings.^[2] It is also a precursor to a variety of esters, used in the soap, perfume, and flavor industries, as well as for pharmaceuticals. It exhibits bacteriostatic and antipruritic properties. It is also used as a photographic developer

In organic synthesis, benzyl esters are popular protecting groups because they can be removed by mild hydrogenolysis.^[3]
BnOH reacts with acrylonitrile to give N-benzylacrylamide. This is an example of a Ritter reaction:^[4]

Benzyl alcohol is used as a bacteriostatic preservative in parenteral (IV) medications. Benzyl alcohol is also known for its toxic effects including respiratory failure, vasodilation, hypotension, convulsions, and paralysis. Sixteen Neonatal deaths have been associated with the use of benzyl alcohol as a preservative in saline flush solutions.

Benzyl alcohol remarkably has nearly the same refraction index of quartz and wool fibre. If a clear quartz object is immersed in benzyl alcohol therefore it becomes almost invisible. This has been used as a method to non-destructively recognize if an object is made of true quartz or not (see Crystal skulls).

An organic compound is any member of a large class of chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons discussed below, a few types of compounds such as carbonates, simple oxides of carbon and cyanide, as well as the allotrope of carbon, are considered inorganic.

2,6-Dichlorophenol is used to as an intermediate in making insecticides, herbicides, preservatives, antiseptics, disinfectants and other organic compounds.

Phenol, also known under an older name of carbolic acid, is a toxic, colourless crystalline solid with a sweet tarry odor. It is a significant component in the aroma of Islay scotch whisky.^[1] Its chemical formula is C₆H₅OH and its structure is that of a hydroxyl group (-OH) bonded to a phenyl ring; it is thus an aromatic compound.