The acute oral LD50 in rats was reported as 400 mg/kg (Smyth & Carpenter, 1944). The acute dermal LD50 value in rabbits exceeded 2.5 g/kg (Moreno, 1973).
Has apparently not been reported to occur in nature.
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By hydrogenation or reduction of acetophenone; or from methyl magnesium chloride plus benzaldehyde by a Grignard-type reaction (Bedoukian, 1967).
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Styrallyl alcohol is converted in rabbits into hippuric acid and methylphenylcarbinyl glucuronide, both optical forms of the carbinol behaving similarly. A small proportion (1-2%) is excreted as mandelic acid (Wjlliams, 1959).
Purification Methods
Purify the alcohol via its hydrogen phthalate. [See Houssa & Kenyon J Chem Soc 2260 1930.] Shake it with a solution of ferrous sulfate, and th
