Chemical Properties
colourless solid
Uses
Cinnamyl alcohol was used to study the alkylation of 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol by cinnamyl alcohol using aluminum-containing mesoporous ethane-silica catalyst. It was used to study gold nanoparticles supported on titanium dioxide catalysed oxidative coupling of alcohols and amines to form the corresponding imines.
Definition
ChEBI: A primary alcohol comprising an allyl core with a hydroxy substituent at the 1-position and a phenyl substituent at the 3-position (geometry of the C2C bond unspecified).
Uses
In perfumery; as deodorant in 12.5% solution in glycerol.
Occurrence
Occurring as an ester or in the free state in hyacinth, Aristolochia clematis, Xanthorrhoea hastilis and in the
essence of daffodil flowers. It is also reported found in guava fruit and peel, lemon peel oil, cassia leaf, Bourbon vanilla and cinnamon
bark, leaf and root.
Aroma threshold values
Detection: 1 ppm; cis- form, 81 ppb; trans- form, 2.8 ppm
Taste threshold values
Taste characteristics at 20 ppm: green, floral, spicy and honey with a fermented yeasty nuance.
General Description
This reference material (RM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025. This RM is traceable to primary material from an NMI, e.g. NIST or NMIJ.
Certified content incl. uncertainty and expiry date are given on the certificate.
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Flammability and Explosibility
Notclassified
Synthesis
Obtained originally by saponification of extraction from storax; synthetically, by reduction of cinnamaldehyde with
sodium or potassium hydroxide.
Purification Methods
Crystallise the alcohol from diethyl ether/pentane. [Beilstein 6 I 281.]
