The title salt, C24H24N(+)·BF4 (-), is one of two possible dias-tereoisomers having a different configuration of the asymmetric centre in the α-phenyl-ethyl substituent, whose absolute configuration was established to be R. The two phenyl substituents of the cation have a cofacial orientation, albeit with a long centroid-centroid separation of 4.129 (3) Å. The crystal structure exhibits numerou...

Fifty-five eating-disordered women and 16 normal controls participated in this study to determine whether olfactory function is altered in patients with food-restricting anorexia, anorexia with bulimic features, and bulimia nervosa. Olfactory function was assessed using the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test and by determining phenyl ethyl alcohol odor detection thresholds. On...

The influences of feedback and ascending and descending trial sequences on the ability of 135 college-aged subjects to detect phenyl ethyl alcohol odorant concentrations ranging from 10(-9) to 10(-5.5) v/v were examined in a two-alternative forced-choice test paradigm. At the highest concentrations, ascending trial sequences produced better performance than descending trial sequences; the rever...