A fatal human intoxication with the herbicide allyl alcohol (2-propen-1-ol).

Oral ingestion of allyl alcohol by a 55-year-old man resulted in death within 100 rain. At autopsy, bloody, reddish fluid found in mouth, larynx, esophagus, and trachea. The mucous membranes of the trachea, stomach, and duodenum were congested and inflamed. The stomach contained a pungent green-black fluid, and all internal organs exhibited a strong pungent odor. Toxicological analysis of blood identified allyl alcohol using solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.