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A number of substituted benzyl alcohols have been prepared and together with some related, commercially available, compounds have been tested for antibacterial and antifungal properties. The most active inhibitory compound was 3:4:5‐trichlorobenzyl alcohol followed by 4‐chloro‐3:5‐dimethyl‐, 3:4‐dichloro‐ and 2:4‐dichlorobenzyl alcohols, but saturated aqueus solutions of the last three compounds were more rapidly bactericidal. Pharmacological tests have shown that 2:4‐dichlorobenzyl alcohol has low toxicity.

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