BENZENOL

(FENOL)
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PENGOKSIDAAN
• Fenilmetanol dioksidakan dalam dua peringkat oleh agen pengoksidaan seperti asid nitrik cair
atau larutan kalium manganat(VII) berasid.
• Mula-mula kepada benzaldehid dan kemudian kepada asid benzoik.
• Tertiary alcohols are not easily oxidised because, unlike primary and secondary alcohols, they
do not have a hydrogen atom attached to the same carbon atom as the hydroxyl group.
• The OH group in phenol (PhOH) behaves differently to the OH group in aliphatic alcohols as
it is attached to an aromatic benzene ring and phenol is rather easily oxidized despite the
absence of a hydrogen atom on the hydroxyl bearing carbon.
• So, phenol is oxidised by permanganate first to give para-hydroxyquinone and then the
dicarbonyl compound para-benzoquinone (also known as 1,4-benzoquinone or simply
quinone).
KEGUNAAN FENOL

• Plastik
• Bahan letupan
• Dadah
• Antiseptik
• Disinfektan
• Pewarna buatan