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phenolic
  1. (organic chemistry) A phenol compound.
  2. Any thermosetting resin manufactured from phenols and aldehydes.
  3. Any of a large group of pigments and flavouring agents, especially those found in grapes and wine.
phenol
  1. (organic chemistry) 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.
  2. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “With benzene, it is used to synthesize first cumene and then acetone and phenol.”
      “When the aqueous solution containing the diazo compound is heated, the latter is converted into a phenol.”
      “A patient attending for day case cataract surgery had phenol drops instilled into the right eye instead of bupivacaine local anaesthetic.”
phenoloxidase
  1. (biochemistry) An enzyme which catalyzes phenol oxidation, and which is often involved in melanization processes
phenoxenium
  1. (organic chemistry) An unstable cation resulting from loss of a hydride ion from the hydroxyl group of a phenol
phenoxy
  1. (organic chemistry) The univalent radical C6H5O- derived from phenol by loss of a hydrogen atom
  2. Examples:
    1. “The same can be said for the triazine review and the phenoxy herbicide review.”
      “However, heterolysis is the main process for generating the isolated phenoxy radicals.”
phenoxyacid
  1. (organic chemistry) Any phenoxy derivative of a fatty acid, especially those used as herbicides
phenoxypropanol
  1. Any of five isomeric phenoxy derivatives of propanol
phenoxyl
  1. (organic chemistry) The univalent radical C6H5-O- derived from phenol
phenoxide
  1. (chemistry) any metallic salt of a phenol
  2. Examples:
    1. “The mechanism of the reaction and the structure of resol resin in alkaline conditions are dependent on phenoxide ions.”
      “The phenoxide ion sites in aqueous medium may act as binding sites for different soluble metal ions.”
      “The first route is a synthesis involving the nucleophilic aromatic displacement of carbonyl-activated halides by phenoxide anions, in which a diaryl ether linkage is obtained.”
phenolate
phenoxypropanols
  1. plural of phenoxypropanol
phenoloxidases
  1. plural of phenoloxidase
phenoxeniums
  1. plural of phenoxenium
phenoxyacids
  1. plural of phenoxyacid
phenoxides
  1. plural of phenoxide
phenolates
phenolics
  1. plural of phenolic
phenoxyls
  1. plural of phenoxyl
phenoxys
  1. plural of phenoxy
phenols
  1. plural of phenol
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “For total phenols, the leaves were air-dried, triturated and analysed using the method of Swain.”
      “Berries are also high in phenols such as ellagic acid, an antioxidant that protects the body's cells.”
      “In contrast, caffeine binds with phenols and tannins, thus neutralizing these effects.”
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