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to make phenol. Hydroquinone is an important photographic chemical while
resorcinol is widely used in glues for wood (e.g., plywood manufacture).
Although phenols would appear to be alcohols, because they have an
−
OH group like alcohols, they do not react like alcohols but instead have
the chemical properties of acids. For example, they form salts when reacted
with a base. This is the reason that the common name for phenol for many
years was carbolic acid.
