Phenol chemguide

phenol acidity rankingphenol with na
acidity of phenol
phenol + na2co3
phenol + br2/h2o
phenol with conc hno3
br2+phenol
reactions of phenol

In alcohols and phenols, -OH group is the functional group. Thus the chemical properties of alcohols generally involve the reactions of -OH group. They can First read the page introducing phenol. Statements 17.2(a)(i) and (ii). These deal with the reactions of phenol with bases and with metallic sodium. You will find You can prepare phenols in large quantities by the pyrolysis of the sodium salt of benzene sulfonic acid, by the Dow process, and by the air oxidation of cumene.Phenol Menu. An introduction to phenol and its physical properties. Including its reaction with sodium and sodium hydroxide, and its lack of reaction with carbonates and hydrogencarbonates. The reactions of phenol with bromine and with nitric acid. The -OH group attached to the benzene ring in phenol has the effect of making the ring much more reactive than it would otherwise be. For example, as you will find below, phenol will react with a solution of bromine in water (bromine water) in the cold and in the absence of any catalyst. INTRODUCING PHENOL. This page looks at the structure and physical properties of phenol (very old name: carbolic acid). Phenol is the simplest member of a A phenol contains -OH group(s) directly attached to an aryl carbon atom(s). The simplest phenol is hydroxybenzene also called phenol with formula C6H5OH. This page gives details of some reactions of phenol not covered elsewhere in this section. It deals with the combustion and esterification of phenol, and the use of iron(III) chloride solution (ferric chloride solution) as a test for phenol. Phenol burns in a plentiful supply of oxygen to give carbon dioxide and water. In the early nineteenth century, phenol was selected from coal tar by destructive distillation. Now phenol is commercially produced synthetically. The laboratory