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Phenol is an aromatic alcohol, i.e. it has the alcohol functional group (-OH) attached to a benzene ring. It is also known as carbolic acid, and was the first antiseptic. Alcohol can be any of a large number of compounds that contain the -OH group bonded to a carbon atom. The most common, and often just referred to as "alcohol" is ethyl alcohol, which is CH3CH2OH.
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How to convert phenol to aspring?
Phenol is converted to aspirin by adding carboxylic acid and esterifying the alcohol.
Can iso amyl alcohol replace phenol in DNA extraction?
No
Compare the reactivity between ethanol and phenol?
Reactivity in general between the two is quite difficult to compare since the aromatic ring of phenol is able to undergo reactions which ethanol isn't and vice versa. However, there are a number of reactions which can be compared. The first of these is deprotonation, affecting the acidity of the alcohol. Since the subsequent negative charge on the oxygen is stabilised over the benzene ring, phenol is significantly more acid than ethanol (about 100,000 times). Nuclephilic substitution with the alcohol as the nucleophile is likely to be slightly quicker using phenol due to this easier deprotonation creating a stronger nucleophile than the ethanol. Another common reaction is nucleophilic substitution with the alcohol as the electrophile, which occurs fairly easily to ethanol in the presence of an acid. Phenol however, due to its ring, cannot easily react in the same way.
What is the equation for the reaction between zinc and phenol?
reaction b/w phenol and zinc yield benzene by reduction.
When an OH joins a hydrocarbon an alcohol is formed?
Yes an aliphatic hydrocarbon chain with an OH group on is called an alcohol - if it is an aromatic hydrocarbon it can often be called a phenol
What are the major differences between alcohol and phenol?
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.
Why phenol more acidic than aliphatic alcohol and water?
why phenol more than aliphatic alcohol and water
Give four properties of phenol to show how it differ from alcohol?
1-Phenol (carbolic acid) is acidic in nature and turns blue litmus red while alcohol (ethanol) does not, 2-phenol gives violet or blue colour with neutral ferric chloride solution while alcohol does not, 3-phenol freezes to a solid in fridge while alcohol does not, 4-phenol produces bubbles on rough iron surface while alcohol does not.
Is phenol an alcohol?
Yes,phenol is an alcohol.It contains a benzene ring and a hydoxile group.
How to convert phenol to aspring?
Phenol is converted to aspirin by adding carboxylic acid and esterifying the alcohol.
Which one have higher boiling point alcohol or phenol?
Phenol has a higher boiling point than alcohol does; it has a stronger dipole difference in its -OH group.
What the Difference between the alcohol and phenol?
Alcohol: C6H13OH (hydroxy-hexane) Phenol : C6H5OH (hydroxy-benzene) Phenolic -OH is acidic (4x stronger than vinegar) where s alcoholic -OH isn't acidic at all; both are NOT ionic or alkaline (OH-)
Role of phenol chloroform isoamyl alcohol in plasmid DNA extraction?
The actual role of phenol chloroform isoamyl alcohol in a plasmid DNA extraction is to purify the DNA. The alcohol will act in part as a detergent.
Can iso amyl alcohol replace phenol in DNA extraction?
No
Why is the boiling point of phenol greater than alcohol?
This is because the intermolecular forces holding the molecules of phenol together are stronger than the intermolecular forces holding the molecules of alcohol together.
Is p-nitrophenol a third degree alcohol?
No, it is no alcohol, it is a substituted phenol and is acidic in nature, while alcohols are neutral,.
Balanced equation for the reaction of phenol and sodium carbonate?
There is no reaction between phenol and sodium carbonate
