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benzyl benzoate
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chemical compound
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Vinony's link graph records 102 inbound references to benzyl benzoate, and connects out to scabies, PubMed and acaricide.
It sits within the topics Benzoate esters, Benzyl esters and Chembox articles without image.
Vinony links it to 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C14H12O2
- Molecular weight
- 212.24 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- benzyl benzoate
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C=C1)COC(=O)C2=CC=CC=C2
- InChIKey
- SESFRYSPDFLNCH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 4
- Polar surface area
- 26.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Max clinical phase
- Approved
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
- First approval
- 1976
- Admin. routes
- topical
- Indications
- parasitic infection
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Research
703 papers- Comparison of topical permethrin 5% vs. benzyl benzoate 25% treatment in scabies: a double-blinded randomized controlled trial.The British journal of dermatology · 2024
- Scabies: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2021
- Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of scabies.International journal of dermatology · 2024
- Permethrin Versus Benzyl Benzoate for the Treatment of Scabies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Cureus · 2025
- Safety Assessment of Benzyl Alcohol, Benzoic Acid and its Salts, and Benzyl Benzoate.International journal of toxicology · 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 212.084
- Autonomy
- 480
- Has use
- insecticide
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- found in taxon
- Polyalthia
- chemical formula
- C₁₄H₁₂O₂
- route of administration
- topical medication
- melting point
- 21
- boiling point
- 323.5
- density
- 1.1121
- refractive index
- 1.568
- flash point
- 148
- electric dipole moment
- 2.06
- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C=C1)COC(=O)C2=CC=CC=C2
- Commons category
- Benzyl benzoate
- subject has role
- essential medicine
- MCN code
- 3003.90.31
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Categories
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