Chemical Properties
pink or beige to brown crystalline powder
Uses
3-Hydroxybenzyl alcohol is used as an intermediate to produce other chemicals like 3-Oxy-1'-acetoxy-1-methyl-benzol.
Definition
ChEBI: A hydroxybenzyl alcohol that is phenol substituted at position C-3 by a hydroxymethyl group.
Synthesis Reference(s)
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 14, p. 1089, 1949
DOI: 10.1021/jo01158a018Synthesis, p. 365, 1979
Contact allergens
Methylol phenols are sensitizers contained in resins
based on phenol and formaldehyde of the resol type.
Cross-reactivity is possible with other phenol derivative
molecules.
Purification Methods
Crystallise the alcohol from *C6H6 or CHCl3. [Beilstein 6 III 4545, 6 IV 5907.]
