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HRID 1703062Generated: October 31, 2026

Benzyl Alcohol → 1-Phenylethanol

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantBenzyl AlcoholHCID 244—
ReactantPhenylacetic AcidHCID 999—
ReactantStyreneHCID 7501—
ReactantBenzyl acetateHCID 8785—
Product1-PhenylethanolHCID 7409—

Reaction Steps

As the third major step toward the formation of styrene, phenylacetic acid synthesized from benzyl acetate, benzyl aldehyde and/or benzyl alcohol is then hydrogenated in the liquid phase to form phenyl ethanol as follows:

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04350825
Source datasetuspto-grants-1982_09
ORD IDord-f69782ebc3674cceaf55d300848070ca
Source noteuspto-grants-1982_09