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Phenol - definition from

[(Science: chemistry) 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. It has a peculiar odour, 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. 2. Any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which phenol proper is the type. (Science: chemistry) glacial phenol, any one of a series of compounds having both phenol and aldehyde properties. Phenol phthalein. See Phthalein. Origin: Gr. To show _ -ol: cf. F. Phenol.

MediLexicon phenol - Medical Dictionary Definition for Term 'phenol'

[1. an antiseptic, anesthetic, and disinfectant; locally escharotic in concentrated form and neurolytic in 3–4% solutions; internally, a powerful escharotic poison.

Molecular Formula: C6H6O


SMILES: Oc1ccccc1

    carbolic acid
    Phenic acid
    Phenylic acid

    PubChem CID 996
    ChEBI 15882
    Kegg C00146
    PubChem ID 10375299
    PubChem ID 3446
    UM-BBD c0128