Definition of Methyl phenol

1. Noun. Any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant.

Exact synonyms: Cresol
Specialized synonyms: Lysol
Generic synonyms: Phenol

Lexicographical Neighbors of Methyl Phenol

methyl green-pyronin stain
methyl group
methyl hydroxybenzoate
methyl iodide
methyl isobutyl ketone
methyl jasmonate
methyl mercaptan
methyl mercury
methyl methacrylate
methyl methanesulfonate
methyl methyacrylate
methyl n-butyl ketone
methyl nicotinate
methyl orange
methyl parathion
methyl phenol (current term)
methyl radical
methyl red
methyl salicylate
methyl sterol oxidase
methyl sulfoxide reductase
methyl t-butyl ether
methyl tert-butyl ether
methyl tertiary butyl ether
methyl violet
methyl xanthine
methyl yellow
methylacetylene
methylacetylenes
methylacrylic acid

Literary usage of Methyl phenol

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds; Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1885)
"OH + H,O. Alkyl ethers of the phenols are simultaneously produced; methyl alcohol affords only methyl phenol, C6H5.O.CH3. ..."

2. Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science (1870)
"... -methyl- phenol. ... -methyl-phenol, C>H,Br(CH>0), a liquid boiling at 220° ; sp. gr. ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"... Klages'1 synthesis of the methyl ether of 2-propyl-4-methyl- phenol (I) which he obtained by the reduction of either 4-methyl-2- propenyl-phenol methyl ..."

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