CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Physical Description | Benzoin is an off-white to yellow-white crystalline solid with an odor of camphor. Slightly acrid taste. When broken the fresh surfaces have a milky-white color. (NTP, 1992) |
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Color/Form | PALE YELLOW CRYSTALS |
Odor | SWEET NON-DESCRIPT ODOR |
Taste | SWEET NON-DESCRIPT TASTE |
Boiling Point | 651 °F at 760 mmHg (NTP, 1992) |
Melting Point | 279 °F (NTP, 1992) |
Solubility | less than 0.1 mg/mL at 64 °F (NTP, 1992) |
Density | 1.31 at 68 °F (NTP, 1992) - Denser than water; will sink |
Vapor Pressure | 1 MM HG @ 135.6 °C |
LogP | 2.130 |
Other Experimental Properties | REDUCES FEHLING'S SOLN /DL-FORM/ |
Chemical Classes | Other Classes -> Other Aromatic Compounds |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
Molecular Weight | 212.24 g/mol |
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XLogP3 | 2.1 |
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 1 |
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 2 |
Rotatable Bond Count | 3 |
Exact Mass | 212.083729621 g/mol |
Monoisotopic Mass | 212.083729621 g/mol |
Topological Polar Surface Area | 37.3 Ų |
Heavy Atom Count | 16 |
Formal Charge | 0 |
Complexity | 225 |
Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 1 |
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 1 |
Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
Benzoin is an off-white to yellow-white crystalline solid with an odor of camphor. Slightly acrid taste. When broken the fresh surfaces have a milky-white color. (NTP, 1992)