Veratrole alcohol

Veratrole alcohol (veratryl alcohol) is an organic compound related to veratrole and also to benzyl alcohol.

It can be obtained by reduction of veratraldehyde.

[2] Veratrole alcohol is the raw material for the synthesis of cyclotriveratrylene which is used in host–guest chemistry.

It is a secondary metabolite of some white rot fungi and is believed to play a role in their degradation of lignin.

This article about an aromatic compound is a stub.

Veratrole alcohol
Veratrole alcohol