What is 2-Phenylethanol used for?
What is 2-Phenylethanol used for? It is a primary alcohol and a member of benzenes. An antimicrobial, antiseptic, and disinfectant that is used also as an aromatic essence and preservative in pharmaceutics and perfumery. What is the structure of 2-Phenylethanol? C8H10O Phenethyl alcohol/Formula How will you distinguish between 1 phenylethanol and 2-Phenylethanol? 1-phenyl ethanol gives iodoform test, where as 2-phenyl ethanol does not give this test. Give the equations of reaction for the preparation of phenol from cumene. Cumene is oxidised into cumene hydro peroxide by air at high pressure which on decomposition by aqueous acid gives phenol and acetone....