Phenol Synonyms

fēnôl, -nōl, -nŏl
A toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. carbolic-acid
  2. hydroxybenzene
  3. oxybenzene
  4. phenylic acid

Words Related to Phenol

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. hydroquinone
  2. dmso
  3. salicylic-acid
  4. dichloromethane
  5. xylene
  6. cresol
  7. naphthalene
  8. benzoic-acid
  9. hydrogen-peroxide
  10. nitrobenzene
  11. formic-acid
  12. formaldehyde
  13. acetone
  14. diamine
  15. phosphoric-acid

Phenol Sentence Examples

  • He recommended that yeast should be purified by cultivating it in a solution of sugar containing tartaric acid, or, in wort containing a small quantity of phenol.

  • The hydrogen of the hydroxyl group in phenol can be replaced by metals, by alkyl groups and by acid radicals.

  • The metallic derivatives (phenolates, phenates or carbolates) of the alkali metals are obtained by dissolving phenol in a solution of a caustic alkali, in the absence of air.

  • The alkyl derivatives may be obtained by heating phenol with one molecular proportion of a caustic alkali and of an alkyl iodide.

  • O CH 3, is prepared either by the above method or by the action of diazomethane on phenol, C6HSOH+CH2N2=N2+C6H5.

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