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ALCOHOL (PHENYL CARBINOL), C5H5CH2OH , occurs as a benzoic ester in See also:Peru See also:balsam, as cinnamic ester in Tolu balsam, as acetic ester in essential oil of See also:jasmine, and also in storax. It may be synthetically prepared by the reduction of benzoyl chloride; by the See also:action of nitrous See also:acid on benzylamine; by boiling benzyl chloride with an aqueous See also:solution of See also:potassium carbonate, or by the so-called " See also:Cannizzaro " reaction, in which See also:benzaldehyde is shaken up with See also:caustic potash, one See also:half of the aldehyde being oxidized to benzoic acid, and the other half reduced to the alcohol. (Berichte, 1881, 14, p. 2394). 2C6H5CHO+KOH = C6HSO00K +C6H5CH2OH. It is a colourless liquid, with a faint aromatic See also:smell, and boils at 206° C. On oxidation with nitric acid it is converted into benzaldehyde, whilst chromic acid oxidizes it to benzoic acid. Reduction by means of hydriodic acid and See also:phosphorus at 14o° C. gives See also:toluene, whilst On See also:distillation with alcoholic potash, toluene and benzoic acid are formed.

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