Definition of Phenols

1. Noun. (plural of phenol) ¹

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Definition of Phenols

1. phenol [n] - See also: phenol

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phenols

phenolates
phenolating
phenolic
phenolic plastic
phenolic resin
phenolic urea
phenolics
phenological
phenologically
phenologies
phenology
phenoloxidase
phenoloxidases
phenolphthalein
phenolphthaleins
phenols (current term)
phenolsulfonphthalein
phenolsulfonphthalein test
phenolsulfonphthaleins
phenolsulphonphthalein
phenolsulphonphthaleins
phenoluria
phenom
phenome
phenomena
phenomenal
phenomenal world
phenomenalism
phenomenalisms
phenomenalist

Literary usage of Phenols

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

1. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by August Bernthsen (1891)
"From the phenols having the character of weak acids, it follows that the group ... Many individual phenols are found in the vegetable and animal kingdoms. ..."

2. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1900)
"The bodies termed phenols are intermediate in character between acids and the true aromatic alcohols, of which benzyl alcohol is the type. ..."

3. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik Holleman (1910)
"They are isolated by agitating these fractions with caustic alkali, which dissolves the phenols, leaving the hydrocarbons. They are liberated from the ..."

4. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1900)
"The bodies termed phenols are intermediate in character between acids and the true aromatic alcohols, of which benzyl alcohol is the type. ..."

5. A Method for the Identification of Pure Organic Compounds by a Systematic by Samuel Parsons Mulliken (1904)
"Brown colorations are characteristic of phenols like pyrogallol, whose alkaline ... It is necessary to restrict "the test with alkali" to solid phenols, ..."

6. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Boiling of the contents of the tube is avoided and no loss of volatile phenols occurs, as the author showed by repeating the determination with known ..."

7. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"ALKALI- INSOLUBLE phenols. SECOND PAPER. BY HENRY A. TORREY ANI> HB KIPPER. ... Kostanecki has obtained certain nitrogen-free phenols which are insoluble in ..."

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