Phenol is found in nature in some foods, in human and animal wastes and in decomposing organic material.
Chemically, the major difference between phenol and alcohol is that phenol is a hydroxyl unit attached to a benzene ring and alcohol has a hydroxyl unit attached to a carbon chain. More generally the major difference is that swallowing a small amount of phenol can kill you. Swallowing a small amount of alcohol (ethanol) may give you a buzz, but you would have to drink a great deal for it to kill you quickly.
phenol
Phenol is flammable.
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1 teaspoon of rat poison will kill a human in less than 1 day
What are some examples of Phenol
It depends on what is meant by bad. If, Toxic, corrosive or flammble are meant, there are literally thousands. All cyanides are bad and will kill a human in afew minutes. Phenol and the halogens are all toxic and Fluorine and bromine will do very bad damge to the skin. There are many more.
Yes, at room temperature bromine reacts with phenol and forms 2,4,6-tribromo phenol.
Phenol and carbolic acid are actually the same compound. "Carbolic acid" is an older, colloquial term for phenol.
Both water and phenol are very weak acids. Though phenol is the stronger of the two.