1 | Appearance | Clear, colorless, oily liquid. Boils at 206°C, without decomposotopn. Is neutral to litmus. Specific gravity is 1.045 | Clear, colorless, oily liquid. Boils at about 206°C,without decomposition. Is neutral to litmus. Specific gravity is between 1.042 and 1.047 |
2 | Solubility | Complies | Soluble in water, miscible with ethanol (96%),with alcohol and with fatty and essential oils with ether, and with chloroform. Freely soluble in 50% alcohol |
3 | Relative density, 20°C | 1.045 | 1.043-1.049 |
4 | Identification by IR | Comlpies | The IR absorption spectra of a substance should concomitant with the corresponding standard |
5 | Appearance of solution | Complies | The solution is clear and colourless. |
6 | Clarity of solution | Complies | The sample solution shows the same clarity as that of water, or its opalescence is not more pronounces than that of ref.suspension 1. |
7 | Colour of solution | Complies | The sample solution has the color of water. |
8 | Refractive index,20° C | 1.539 | 1.538-1.541 |
9 | Assay | 99.6% | 98.0-100.5% |
10 | Acidity | Complies | NMT 1 mL of 0.1M sodium hydroxide is required to change the color of the indicator to pink. |
11 | peroxide value | 2.4 | 5.0 max |
12 | Residue on evaporation | 0.006% | 0.05% max |
13 | Related substances: Impurity A (Benzaldehyde) | 0.004% | 0.15% max |
14 | Related substances: Impurity B (Cyclohexylmethanol) | Not detected | 0.10% max |
15 | Related substances: The sum of the areas of any peak with a relative retention time less than that of Benzyl alcohol | 0.00% | 0.04% max |
16 | Related substances: The sum of the areas of any peak with a relative retention time greater than that of Benzyl alcohol | 0.001% | 0.3% max |