Diphenylmethanol distributors, manufacturers, exporters, and suppliers in India

Vizag chemical is one of the Diphenylmethanol distributors, manufacturers,  exporters, and suppliers in Visakhapatnam, Mumbai, Surat, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune, and Kolkata India. We are supplied to various industrial markets including Household, Institutional Cleaning, Personal Care, and Industrial sectors including Oil fields, Agriculture, Lubricants, Marine Industry, Metal Working chemical industry, and Coatings markets.

Other names
Benzhydrol
Diphenylcarbinol
Hydroxydiphenylmethane

Diphenylmethanol is the organic compound with the formula (C6H5)2CHOH. Also known as benzhydrol, it is a white solid and the parent member of a large class of diaryl alcohols.

Diphenylmethanol may be prepared by a Grignard reaction between phenylmagnesium bromide and benzaldehyde. An alternative method involves reducing benzophenone with sodium borohydride or with zinc dust or with sodium amalgam and water.

Uses and safety

It has uses in perfume and pharmaceutical manufacture. In perfumery, it is used as a fixative. In pharmaceutical manufacture, it is used in the synthesis of antihistamines / antiallergenic agents and antihypertensive agents. It is used in the synthesis of Modafinil and the benzhydryl group is present in the structure of many histamine H1 antagonists like diphenhydramine. Benzhydrol is also used in the production of agrochemicals as well as other organic compounds and as a terminating group in polymerizations.

Diphenylmethanol is an irritant to the eyes, skin, and respiratory system.

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