Diphenylmethanol is a secondary alcohol that is diphenylmethane which carries a hydroxy group at position 1.
Definition
Diphenylmethanol is a secondary alcohol that is diphenylmethane which carries a hydroxy group at position 1. It has a role as a human xenobiotic metabolite, a bacterial xenobiotic metabolite, a human urinary metabolite and a rat metabolite. It is a member of benzyl alcohols and a secondary alcohol. It derives from a hydride of a diphenylmethane.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII S4HQ1H8OWD · registered name Benzohydrol · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 91-01-0
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 202-033-8
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID2059015
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID6048707
- IUPAC
- Diphenylmethanol
- Molecular formula
- C13H12O
- Molecular weight
- 184.238 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Solid, [Merck Index] White crystalline powder, Odorless, [Alfa Aesar MSDS] · solid
- Melting/freezing point
- 69 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 298 ℃
- Flash point
- 160 ℃
- Flammability (solid, gas)
- flammable
- Vapour pressure
- 0.0000273 ㎜Hg (@ 20 ℃)
- Water solubility
- 520 ㎎/ℓ (@ 25 ℃)
- Vapour density
- 6.36
- Relative density
- 1.054
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 2.67
- Molecular weight
- 184.24
Values measured on the substance itself. The KOSHA data are a reference for writing and reviewing safety data sheets, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem · KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 1 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Fragrance1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
The study conclusions largely agree (100%). These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 1 studies
- SkinSens1
Skin Sensitization · QSAR Predicted
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- The use of solid‐phase microextraction/gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry for the determination of degradation products of volatile and semivolatile compounds · 2001
- Forward Gene Mutation Assay of Seven Benzophenone-type UV Filters using L5178Y Mouse Lymphoma Cell · 2007
- Effect of topical applications of granulated systemic insecticides and of conventional applications of other insecticides on control of insects and spider mites on sugar beet plants. · 1960
Linked databases 15
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem 2
- Tlooto literature search 2 3
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
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