Phenol /(fē"nōl; 277)/
Phe·nol
Phenol
n.
- 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. (Chem.)
- Any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which phenol proper is the type.
Phrases & Compounds
- Glacial phenol
- pure crystallized phenol or carbolic acid.
- Phenol acid
- 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
- 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
- any one of a series of compounds having both phenol and aldehyde properties.
- Phenol phthalein
- See phenolphthalein.