Tetrachlorophenol
A tetrachlorophenol is any organochloride of phenol that contains four covalently bonded chlorine atoms. Tetrachlorophenols are produced by electrophilic halogenation of phenol with chlorine.[1] Different isomers of tetrachlorophenol exist according to which ring positions on the phenol contain chlorine atoms.
There are three different isomers:
See also
References
- ^ Ebel, Eileen; Bell, Jane; Fries, Arthur; Kasey, Carl; Berkebile, J. M. (1947). "Preparation of 2,4-D(2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) from phenol and monochloracetic acid". J. Chem. Educ. 24 (9): 449. doi:10.1021/ed024p449.
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