Talk:Phenols

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I have one doubt, this phenol is not completely miscible in water, then how the scientists are making a solution of phenol for experimental analyis,say, particular ppm for degradation analyis. please clarify my doubts

vijaya kumar V,

Dept of chemical engineering, IIT Bombay, Mumbai-400076,

India,

Thanking you,

In response to Vijaya, I have recently made a solution of 80 %(w/w) phenol (crystalline) in water with no problems.

About the page, should we have the hydroxycinnamic acids added to the list on this page eg ferulic acid, coumaric acid and vanillic acid/vanillin. The former don't seem to have pages, but vanillin does, and I would count that as a phenolic.

Terri G 11:32, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Introduction copied

I'm not sure why the last person to comment (in the history) was bothered about the introduction being copied, seeing as it's an open licence. Terri G 10:11, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

good day!

Im an inefction control nurse in a hospital, how do I know that a particular disinfectant contains phenol? thank you!

[edit] O-alkylation of phenos

When phenol reacts with ethyl iodide in the presence of aqueous sodium hydroxide and heat, it forms ethy phenyl ether or phenetole. What happens to the iodine? Is it converted to any by-product? If yes, then what is it?

Thanks Divya (SYBSc student)

P.S. We were told about two years back that if HI (in any form) is formed in any organic reaction, it is unstable. So that is why this question cropped up.