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Phenols and Ethers
Chemistry · Chapter 15 · Organic Chemistry (Units 6-10: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes to Biomolecules)
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- Phenols: classification and nomenclature; preparation from diazonium salts, chlorobenzene (Dow's process), benzenesulphonic acid and cumene
- Physical properties and acidic character of phenol; reactions with NaOH, Na, Zn, acetyl chloride, acetic anhydride and PCl5
- Electrophilic substitution of phenol (bromination, nitration, sulphonation); Kolbe and Reimer-Tiemann reactions; ferric chloride and azo dye tests; uses
- Aliphatic ethers: structure of the ether group, nomenclature, Williamson's synthesis; physical properties; reactions with chlorine, oxygen (peroxides), HI and PCl5
- Aryl ethers: anisole by Williamson's synthesis; electrophilic substitution (halogenation, nitration, Friedel-Crafts); uses of ethers