Talk:Methyl benzoate

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The page notes the fact that methyl benzoate has a pleasant and potentially useful odor. Um... maybe it was our stuff in the lab, but I found the smell very unpleasant, and downright repugnant. Any other thoughts on that one?

I don't think it has much smell at all - but then I'm an organic chemist, who worked a lot with thiols, so I lost my sense of smell a long time ago.... Walkerma 05:30, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Whether something is pleasant smelling is quite dependent on concentration. Low concentrations of methyl benzoate seem rather sweet smelling, though sniffing a bottle of pure compounds is likely to be stomach turning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.210.187.174 (talk) 22:31, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

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Who attacks?

Electrophiles are electron-deficient species. Essentially with a hole waiting to be filled by electrons. The benzene ring (the nucleophile) pushes its electrons to fill that hole. It's not really a matter of which is more mobile. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.210.187.174 (talk) 22:29, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Include Synonym?

AKA "Oil of Niobe" - http://www.chemindustry.com/chemicals/0218151.html Ileanadu (talk) 03:10, 22 March 2011 (UTC)