phenol

A caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C₆H₆O, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic.

Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring.

Phenyl alcohol, C₆H₅OH, more commonly called carbolic acid.

The general name of a compound formed from benzene and its homologues by the substitution of hydroxyl for hydrogen in the benzene nucleus.

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.

Any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which phenol proper is the type.

pure crystallized phenol or carbolic acid.

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.

any one of series of derivatives of phenol and carbinol which have the properties of both combined; thus, saligenin is a phenol alcohol.

any one of a series of compounds having both phenol and aldehyde properties.