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16017

Phenol

99.5-100.5% (GC), solid, puriss., meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, USP

Synonym(s):

Hydroxybenzene

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Linear Formula:
C6H5OH
CAS Number:
108-95-2
Molecular Weight:
94.11
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
57647540
UNSPSC Code:
12352104
EC Number:
203-632-7
MDL number:
MFCD00002143
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
969616

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Product Name

Phenol, puriss., meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, USP, 99.5-100.5% (GC)

InChI key

ISWSIDIOOBJBQZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C6H6O/c7-6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5,7H

SMILES string

Oc1ccccc1

vapor density

3.24 (vs air)

vapor pressure

0.09 psi ( 55 °C)
0.36 mmHg ( 20 °C)

grade

puriss.

assay

99.5-100.5% (GC)

form

solid

autoignition temp.

1319 °F

quality

meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, USP

expl. lim.

8.6 %

impurities

acidic reac. Impurities, in accordance
 organic volatile impurities, in accordance (GC)
≤0.05% non-volatile matter
≤0.3% water (Karl Fischer)

bp

182 °C (lit.)

mp

40-42 °C (lit.)

transition temp

solidification point ≥40 °C

density

1.071 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

suitability

in accordance for appearance of solution

Quality Level

200

Gene Information

human ... GABRA1(2554)

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Application

Phenol may be employed for the isolation of deoxyribonucleic acid from Bacillus subtilis. It may be used in the Berthelot color reaction for the quantitative estimation of ammonia.

General description

Phenol is an aromatic alcohol. Various industrial processes for the synthesis of phenol have been proposed.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Muta. 2 - Skin Corr. 1B - STOT RE 2

target_organs

Nervous system,Kidney,Liver,Skin

Storage Class

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

177.8 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

81 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type P2 (EN 143) respirator cartridges, type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges

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Tyman JHP.
Synthetic and Natural Phenols., 1-1 (1996)
PREPARATION OF TRANSFORMING DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID BY PHENOL TREATMENT.
H SAITO et al.
Biochimica et biophysica acta, 72, 619-629 (1963-08-20)
Phenol-hypochlorite reaction for determination of ammonia.
Weatherburn M W.
Analytical Chemistry, 39(8), 971-974 (1967)
Thitiporn Anunthawan et al.
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