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Definition: C6H5OH
Phenol
\Phe"nol\, n. [Gr. ? 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 derivatives of both phenol and some member of
the fatty acid series; 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 under
Phthalein.
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Carbolic acid
\Car*bol“ic ac”id\ (k[aum]r*b[o^]l"[i^]k
[a^]s"[i^]d), n. [L. carbo coal + oleum oil.] (Chem.)
same as
phenol[1], (
C6H5.OH). See
phenol[1].
Syn: phenol[1], hydroxybenzene, phenyl hydroxide, phenic
acid.
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