Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers
12.0 Phenols
12.0 Phenols
Introduction
Compounds that have a hydroxyl group directly attached to benzene ring are called phenols. Thus phenol is a specific name for hydroxybenzene and it is the general name for the family of compounds derived from hydroxybenzene.
compounds that have a hydroxyl group attached to a polycyclic benzenoid ring are chemically similar to phenols but they are called napthols.
