phenol alcohol

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phenol alcohol - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Phenol \Phe"nol\ (f[=e]"n[=o]l; 277), n. [Gr. fai`nein to show +
     -ol: cf. F. ph['e]nol.] (Chem.)
     1. A white or pinkish crystalline substance, C6H5OH,
        produced by the destructive distillation of many organic
        bodies, as wood, coal, etc., and obtained from the heavy
        oil from coal tar.
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     Note: It has a peculiar odor, somewhat resembling creosote,
           which is a complex mixture of phenol derivatives. It is
           of the type of alcohols, and is called also phenyl alcohol
           , but has acid properties, and hence is
           popularly called carbolic acid, and was formerly
           called phenic acid. It is a powerful caustic poison,
           and in dilute solution has been used as an antiseptic.
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     2. Any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which
        phenol proper is the type.
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     Glacial phenol (Chem.), pure crystallized phenol or
        carbolic acid.
  
     Phenol acid (Chem.), any one of a series of compounds which
        are at once a derivative of phenol and an organic acid;
        thus, salicylic acid is a phenol acid.
  
     Phenol alcohol (Chem.), any one of series of derivatives of
        phenol and carbinol which have the properties of both
        combined; thus, saligenin is a phenol alcohol.
  
     Phenol aldehyde (Chem.), any one of a series of compounds
        having both phenol and aldehyde properties.
  
     Phenol phthalein. See phenolphthalein.
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