Creosote from beechwood tar
SIAL/03854
Synonym: Beechwood creosote
CAS Number: 8021-39-4
MDL Number: MFCD00146582
Product Type: Chemical
| application(s) | metabolomics vitamins, nutraceuticals, and natural products |
| bp | 200-220 °C (lit.) |
| density | 1.09 g/mL at 20 °C |
| ign. residue | ≤0.01% (as SO4) |
| InChI | 1S/C7H8O2/c1-9-7-5-3-2-4- |
| InChI key | LHGVFZTZFXWLCP-UHFFFAOYSA |
| Quality Level | 100  |
| transition temp | solidification point <−20 °C |
| Application: | Creosote from beechwood tar has been used as raw material in the synthesis of phenolic branched-chain fatty acids (n-PBC-FA) in the presence of a modified H+ Ferrierite zeolite catalyst. |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Creosote from beechwood tar has been reported to exhibit antioxidant activity comparable to that of popular antioxidants α-tocopherol and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT). It is used as a herbal antidiarrheal medicine owing to its antisecretory activity. Beechwood creosote has also been found to show bactericidal, fungicidal and laxative action. |
| General description: | Beechwood creosote is a colorless to yellowish greasy liquid obtained from the distillation of wood tar. It comprises of phenol, 4-methylphenol, 2-methoxyphenol, and 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol as its major volatile constituents. |
| Symbol |     GHS05,GHS06,GHS08,GHS09 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H301 + H311 - H314 - H332 - H341 - H373 - H411 |
| Precautionary statements | P202 - P273 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P310 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | T |
| Risk Statements | 23/24/25-34-37-48/20/21/22-52/53-68 |
| Safety Statements | 26-35-36/37/39-45-61 |
| RIDADR | UN 2922 6.1(8) / PGII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | 165.2 °F - closed cup |
| Flash Point(C) | 74 °C - closed cup |
| bp | 200-220 °C (lit.) |
| Density | 1.09 g/mL at 20 °C |
| UNSPSC | 12352401 |