phenol

See also: Phenol and phénol

English

From French phène, from Greek φαίνω (faíno, “to clear”), as it was used for illumination, name given by Auguste Laurente in 1836[1].

phenol (countable and uncountable, plural phenols)

(organic chemistry, uncountable) A caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C₆H₅OH, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic; once called carbolic acid.
(organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring.

Phenol compounds

caustic compound derived from benzene

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

Auguste Laurent (1836) "Sur la chlorophénise et les acides chlorophénisique et chlorophénèsique," Annales de Chemie et de Physique, vol. 63, pp. 27–45, see p. 44: Je donne le nom de phène au radical fondamental des acides précédens (φαινω, j'éclaire), puisque la benzine se trouve dans le gaz de l'éclairage. (I give the name of "phène" (φαινω, I illuminate) to the fundamental radical of the preceding acid, because benzene is found in illuminating gas.)

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