FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
Chemical: 2-phenylethanol
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General Information
Name
2-phenylethanol
FlyBase ID
FBch0000093
ChEBI Name
2-phenylethanol
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:49000
PubChem Name
2-Phenylethanol
PubChem ID
CID:6054
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of 2-phenylethanol
2-phenylethanol
InChIKey

WRMNZCZEMHIOCP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

ChEBI: 2-phenylethanol is a primary alcohol that is ethanol substituted by a phenyl group at position 2. It has a role as a fragrance, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, a plant metabolite, an Aspergillus metabolite and a plant growth retardant. It is a primary alcohol and a member of benzenes.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (29)
Synonyms
2-Hydroxyethylbenzene
(ChEBI, 2019-)
2-PEA
(ChEBI, 2019-)
2-PHENYL-ETHANOL
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
2-PHENYLETHANOL
(PubChem, 2019-)
2-Phenylethanol
(ChEBI, 2019-)
2-Phenylethyl alcohol
(PubChem, 2019-)
2-phenyl-ethanol
(PubChem, 2019-)
2-phenylethanol
(Hu et al., 2026, Kim et al., 2023, Kim et al., 2022, ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-, Badel et al., 2016, Mansourian and Stensmyr, 2015)
2-phenylethyl alcohol
(PubChem, 2019-)
60-12-8
(PubChem, 2019-)
Benzeneethanol
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Benzyl carbinol
(PubChem, 2019-)
Benzylmethanol
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Phenethanol
(PubChem, 2019-)
Phenethyl alcohol
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Phenylethanol
(PubChem, 2019-)
Phenylethyl alcohol
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
PubChem:6054
(PubChem, 2019-)
benzeneethanol
(PubChem, 2019-)
benzyl carbinol
(PubChem, 2019-)
beta-PEA
(ChEBI, 2019-)
beta-Phenethyl alcohol
(ChEBI, 2019-)
beta-Phenylethanol
(ChEBI, 2019-)
beta-Phenylethyl alcohol
(ChEBI, 2019-)
phenethanol
(PubChem, 2019-)
phenethyl alcohol
(Wei et al., 2025, PubChem, 2019-, Dolan et al., 2018)
phenylethanol
(PubChem, 2019-)
phenylethyl alcohol
(PubChem, 2019-)
pubchem:6054
(PubChem, 2019-)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
    References (11)