Phenol: Phenol, also called hydroxybenzene, carbolic acid, or carbolic acid, is composed of a phenyl nucleus and a hydroxyl function. It is the simplest molecule of the phenol family.
History: It was discovered in an impure state by Johann Rudolf Glauber in 1650, from the distillation of coal tar. Glauber describes it as "a bright, blood-red oil that dries up and heals all moist ulcers."
In 1834, Friedrich Ferdinand Runge managed to...
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