Shock Tube Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Thermal Decomposition of 2-Phenylethanol

2-Phenylethyl alcohol (commonly known as phenethyl alcohol) is the main component of rose oils obtained from rose blossoms. It is a colourless liquid with a mild and warm rose-honey-like odour because of which it is widely used as perfume chemicals [1]. Biochemically, it is also known to cause the limited breakdown of cellular membrane which in turn causes a greatly increased uptake of acriflavine (a drug normally excluded from the cells) and an increased rate of efflux [2] (leakiness) of cellular potassium (which is accumulated against a 100-fold concentration gradient).