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Cumyl alcohol

chemical compound

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 25, 2025
Entity authorityQ1143803 ↗
Source-derived summary

Cumyl alcohol, also called 4-isopropylbenzyl alcohol, is a liquid, hydroxy functional, aromatic organic chemical with formula C10H14O. It has the CAS Registry Number of 536-60-7 and the IUPAC name of (4-propan-2-ylphenyl)methanol. It is REACH registered with the EC number of 208-640-4.

Uses

The most common use is as a food additive to add flavor. The material also has insect repellent properties.

Manufacture

Hydrogenation of cuminal can produce cumyl alcohol.

Other

Cumyl alcohol is an undesired side reaction product when LDPE is crosslinked. LDPE is used as a plastic electric insulator for electrical power cables. The cumyl alcohol reduces the insulating properties.

Alternative names

Main sources of information.

p-Cymen-7-ol

4-isopropylbenzyl alcohol

Cumic alcohol

Cuminol

Cuminyl alcohol

(4-Isopropylphenyl)methanol

Cuminic alcohol

Toxicology

The toxicity of the material has been studied and is reasonably well understood.

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This entry incorporates text from “Cumyl alcohol” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.