Chemical Properties
Colorless to light yellow liqui
Uses
4-(Trifluoromethyl)benzyl alcohol, is used as a pharmaceutical intermediate, it is also used to predict the NMR spectrum. 4-(Trifluoromethyl)benzyl alcohol is employed as a reagent in, for example, kinetic studies of phosphonoformate prodrugs and aquachromium(IV).
Definition
ChEBI: 4-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl alcohol is an aromatic primary alcohol. It is functionally related to a benzyl alcohol.
General Description
Photocatalytic oxidation of 4-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl alcohol to corresponding aldehydes on TiO
2 photocatalyst under O
2 atmosphere has been reported.