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ALLYL ALCOHOL

CAS NUMBER: 107-18-6

EC NUMBER: 203-470-7

MOLECULAR FORMULA: CH2=CHCH2OH

MOLECULAR WEIGHT: 58.08

 

 


Allyl alcohol is an industrially important olefinic alcohol. 
Allyl alcohol is the raw material for the synthesis of a wide range of allylic derivatives such as allyl diglycol carbonate, allyl glycidyl ether, 1,4-butanediol, poly(styrene-allyl alcohol), etc. 

These derivatives find application as lens, coupling agents, plasticizers, crosslinking agents and coating additives. 
Allyl alcohol can be prepared by the rhenium catalyzed-deoxydehydration of glycerol.

The partial oxidation of allyl alcohol over oxygen-precovered gold surface was studied.
Allyl alcohol is an organic compound with the structural formula CH2=CHCH2OH. 

Like many alcohols, it is a water-soluble, colourless liquid. 
Allyl alcohol is more toxic than typical small alcohols. 

Allyl alcohol is used as a raw material for the production of glycerol, but is also used as a precursor to many specialized compounds such as flame-resistant materials, drying oils, and plasticizers.[4] Allyl alcohol is the smallest representative of the allylic alcohols.
Allyl alcohol appears as a clear colorless liquid with a mustard-like odor. 

Flash point 70°F. Very toxic by inhalation and ingestion. 
Less dense than water (7.1 lb / gal). Vapors are heavier than air. 

Allyl alcohol is a propenol in which the C=C bond connects C-2 and C-3. 
Allyl alcohol is has been found in garlic (Allium sativum). Formerly used as a herbicide for the control of various grass and weed seeds. 

Allyl alcohol has a role as an insecticide, a herbicide, an antibacterial agent, a fungicide and a plant metabolite. 
Allyl alcohol is a primary allylic alcohol and a propenol.

Allyl alcohol, C3H5OH, earlier came into prominence as a toxic substance through the belief that its presence in wood alcohol (methyl alcohol) as an impurity largely accounted for the toxicity of the latter substance. 
Allyl alcohol may be present in natural methyl alcohol in such quantities as 0.5 per cent. 

Allyl alcohol is a colorless liquid. 
Allyl alcohol is an extremely hazardous substance, can cause severe irritation and must be handled with extreme caution. 

In small amounts, the odor is alcohol-like. 
In larger amounts, the odor is pungent and mustard-like. 

The liquid is lighter than water; the vapor is heavier than air. 
Allyl alcohol is an irritating, colorless liquid that is produced by gas phase reaction of propene and acetic acid in presence of a catalyst. 

Allyl alcohol can be used as a raw material or a precursor for many chemical substances.
Allyl alcohol is a herbicide that is not generally approved for use in the developed world. 

Allyl alcohol is highly toxic to mammals and is a known skin, eye and inhalation irritant. 
Allyl alcohol is miscible with water and many organic solvents and is semi-volatile. 

Allyl alcohol is not thought to be persistent in soil. 
Allyl alcohol or 2-propen-1-ol is an organic compound with the formula CH2=CHCH2OH. 

Allyl alcohol is a water soluble, colourless liquid with an ethanol like odour at low concentrations and a mustard-like pungent odour at higher concentration. 
Allyl alcohol is used as a pesticide and as a raw material for the production of many chemical compounds.

Allylic alchohol is one in which -OH i.e. hydroxyl group attached to the carbon which is attached to a carbon with a double bond.
Allyl alcohol is a colorless liquid with a pungent, mustard-like odor, soluble in water, and with a chemical structure of CH2CHCH2OH. 

Allyl alcohol is synthesized by the hydrolysis of allyl chloride or isomerization of propylene oxide. 
Allyl alcohol is used as a raw material in manufacturing of various polymers, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and other allyl compounds.

 

 

USES OF ALLYL ALCOHOL:


Allyl alcohol is used in optical resins, safety glass, CRT screens, paints and coatings, silane coupling agents and polymer crosslinking agents.
Allyl alcohol is used in the manufacture of drugs, organic chemicals, plastics, herbicides and pesticides. 

Prior to working with allyl alcohol, employee training should be provided on proper safe handling and storage procedures
Allyl alcohol is used in manufacture of allyl compounds, resins, plasticizers; fungicide and herbicide.

 

 

-Preservative 

-solvent 

-aroma fixer

-antiseptic 

-conductor of active ingredient 

-Bactericidal 

-anti-inflammatory 

-antifungal effects

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF ALLYL ALCOHOL:


Used to induce a mouse model of liver damage that has been used to study the mechanisms of hepatotoxicity and hepatic stem cell-mediated repair.
Allyl alcohol may be used in the preparation of propylene via photocatalytic transfer hydrogenolysis in the presence of Pd/TiO2 catalysts.

Allyl alcohol was used to grow fitter yeast.
Allyl alcohol is converted mainly to glycidol, which is a chemical intermediate in the synthesis of glycerol, glycidyl ethers, esters, and amines. 

Also, a variety of polymerizable esters are prepared from allyl alcohol, e.g. diallyl phthalate.
Allyl alcohol is used as an intermediate compound for synthesizing raw materials such as epichlorohydrin C3H5ClO and 1,4- butanediol C4H10O2, and this development is bringing about expansion of the range of uses of allyl alcohol. 

The term allyl of allyl compounds is derived from allium, the Latin word for garlic.
Allyl alcohol is used to produce glyceroland acrolein and other allylic compounds. 

Allyl alcohol is also used in the manufacture of militarypoison gas. 
The ester derivatives are used inresins and plasticizers.

 

 

BENEFITS OF ALLYL ALCOHOL:

As a chemical intermediate, allyl alcohol is used in the production of a number of specialty materials.

 

 

PROPERTIES OF ALLYL ALCOHOL:


Quality Level: 200

vapor density: 2 (vs air)

vapor pressure: 23.8 mmHg ( 25 °C)

assay: ≥99%

autoignition temp.: 712 °F

expl. lim.: 18 %

refractive index: n20/D 1.412 (lit.)

Boiling point: 96-98 °C (lit.)

Melting point: −129 °C (lit.)

 

 


PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF ALLYL ALCOHOL:

 

-Formula: C3H6O / CH2=CHCH2OH

-Molecular mass: 58.1

-Boiling point: 97°C

-Melting point: -129°C

-Relative density (water = 1): 0.9

-Solubility in water: miscible

-Vapour pressure, kPa at 20°C: 2.5

-Relative vapour density (air = 1): 2.0

-Relative density of the vapour/air-mixture at 20°C (air = 1): 1.03

-Flash point: 21°C c.c.

-Auto-ignition temperature: 378°C

-Explosive limits, vol% in air: 2.5-18.0

-Octanol/water partition coefficient as log Pow: 0.17  

 

 


CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF ALLYL ALCOHOL:

Allyl alcohol is a flammable, colorless liquid. 
Allyl alcohol has a pungent, mustard-like odor. 

Allyl alcohol is used in making drugs, organic chemicals, pesticides, in the manufacture of allyl esters, and as monomers and prepolymers for the manufacture of resins and plastics. 
Allyl alcohol has a large use in the preparation of pharmaceutical products, in organic synthesis, and as a fungicide and herbicide. 
Occupational workers engaged in industries such as the manufacture of drugs, pesticides, allyl esters, organic chemicals, resins, war gas, and plasticizers, are often exposed to this alcohol.

 

 


PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ALLYL ALCOHOL:

Colorless, mobile liquid with a pungent, mustard-like odor at high concentrations. 
At low concentrations, odor resembles that of ethyl alcohol. 

 

 

PRODUCTION OF ALLYL ALCOHOL:

Allyl alcohol can also be made by the rearrangement of propylene oxide, a reaction that is catalyzed by potassium alum at high temperature. 
The advantage of this method relative to the allyl chloride route is that it does not generate salt.

Hydrolysis of this acetate gives allyl alcohol. 
In alternative fashion, propylene can be oxidized to acrolein, which upon hydrogenation gives the alcohol.

Allyl alcohol can be obtained by many methods: hydrolysis of allyl chloride, by oxidation of propylene oxide with potassium alum at high temperature, dehydrogenation of propanol, and the by reaction of glycerol and formic acid. 
Allyl alcohol is the smallest representative of the allylic alcohols. 

Allyl alcohols in general can be prepared by allylic oxidation of allyl compounds by for instance selenium dioxide.
Allyl alcohol is prepared by several different processes, the original is alkaline hydrolysis of allyl chloride by steam injection at high temperatures. 

A more recent commercial process used oxidation of propylene to acrolein, which in turn reacts with a secondary alcohol to yield allyl alcohol and a ketone. 
In this process, allyl alcohol is not isolated, but its aqueous stream is converted directly to glycerol. 
The most recent commercial process is isomerization of propylene oxide over a lithium phosphate catalyst.

 

 


STORAGE OF ALLYL ALCOHOL:


-Fireproof. 

-Separated from strong oxidants and food and feedstuffs. 

 


SYNONYM:

2-Propen-1-ol
107-18-6
PROP-2-EN-1-OL
Vinylcarbinol
2-Propenyl alcohol
3-Hydroxypropene
2-Propenol
Allylic alcohol
1-Propen-3-ol
Vinyl carbinol
Weed drench
Propenyl alcohol
Allylalkohol
Propenol
1-Propenol-3
Alcool allylique
Allilowy alkohol

 

 

 

 

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