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(+/-)-benzoin
Sign in to saveAlso known as PhCH(OH)COPh, PhCOCH(OH)Ph, phenyl-alpha-hydroxybenzyl ketone, alpha-hydroxy-alpha-phenylacetophenone, Hydroxy-2-phenyl acetophenone, Phenylbenzoyl carbinol, 2-Hydroxy-2-phenylacetophenone, Benzoylphenylcarbinol
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- C14H12O2
- Molecular weight
- 212.24 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-hydroxy-1,2-diphenylethanone
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C(=O)C2=CC=CC=C2)O
- InChIKey
- ISAOCJYIOMOJEB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.1
- Polar surface area
- 37.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
900 papers- Benzoin Resin: An Overview on Its Production Process, Phytochemistry, Traditional Use and Quality Control.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
- Deracemization of Benzoin and its Derivatives via Kinetic, Dynamic Kinetic, Aerobic Oxidative Kinetic, and Reagent-mediated resolution.Chemistry, an Asian journal · 2025
- Benzoin sensitivity.Contact dermatitis · 1982
- Advances in chemoselective intermolecular cross-benzoin-type condensation reactions.Organic & biomolecular chemistry · 2017
- NHC-Catalyzed Aza-Benzoin Condensation of N,N'-Dipyridin-2-yl Aminals with Aldehydes.The Journal of organic chemistry · 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 212.08373
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- chemical formula
- C₁₄H₁₂O₂
- Commons category
- Benzoin
- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C(=O)C2=CC=CC=C2)O
- MCN code
- 2914.40.91
- melting point
- 134.0
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