The Benzyl phenylacetate is an organic compound with the formula C₁₅H₁₄O₂. The systematic name of this chemical is 3,3-diphenylpropanoic acid. With the CAS registry number 102-16-9, it is also named as 3,3-Diphenylpropanoate. The product's categories are A-B; Alphabetical Listings; Flavors and Fragrances.

Physical properties about Benzyl phenylacetate are: (1)ACD/LogP: 3.39; (2)ACD/LogD (pH 5.5): 2.3; (3)ACD/LogD (pH 7.4): 0.5; (4)ACD/BCF (pH 5.5): 18.12; (5)ACD/BCF (pH 7.4): 1; (6)ACD/KOC (pH 5.5): 136.14; (7)ACD/KOC (pH 7.4): 2.16; (8)#H bond acceptors: 2; (9)#H bond donors: 1; (10)#Freely Rotating Bonds: 4; (11)Polar Surface Area: 26.3 Å²; (12)Index of Refraction: 1.588; (13)Molar Refractivity: 66.4 cm³; (14)Molar Volume: 197.2 cm³; (15)Polarizability: 26.32×10^-24cm³; (16)Surface Tension: 47.7 dyne/cm; (17)Density: 1.147 g/cm³; (18)Flash Point: 255.3 °C; (19)Enthalpy of Vaporization: 63.71 kJ/mol; (20)Boiling Point: 358.3 °C at 760 mmHg; (21)Vapour Pressure: 9.31E-06 mmHg at 25°C.

Preparation: this chemical can be prepared by phenylmethanol and phenylacetic acid. This reaction will need reagent TsOH*H₂O. The reaction time is 15 hours at ambient temperature. The yield is about 76%.

Uses of Benzyl phenylacetate: it can be used to produce phenylacetic acid at temperature of 100 °C. This reaction is a kind of debenzylation. It will need reagent anisole, scandium(III) tris(triflyl)methide with reaction time of 30 min. The yield is about 100%.

You can still convert the following datas into molecular structure:
(1)SMILES: O=C(O)CC(c1ccccc1)c2ccccc2
(2)InChI: InChI=1/C15H14O2/c16-15(17)11-14(12-7-3-1-4-8-12)13-9-5-2-6-10-13/h1-10,14H,11H2,(H,16,17)
(3)InChIKey: BZQGAPWJKAYCHR-UHFFFAOYAV
(4)Std. InChI: InChI=1S/C15H14O2/c16-15(17)11-14(12-7-3-1-4-8-12)13-9-5-2-6-10-13/h1-10,14H,11H2,(H,16,17)
(5)Std. InChIKey: BZQGAPWJKAYCHR-UHFFFAOYSA-N