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Chapter 24: Phenols

24.1 Nomenclature
24.2 Structure and Bonding
24.3 Physical Properties
24.4 Acidity of Phenols
24.5 Substituent Effects on the Acidity of Phenols
24.6 Sources of Phenols
24.7 Naturally Occurring Phenols

24.8 Reactions of Phenols. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
24.9 Acylation of Phenols
24.10 Carboxylation of Phenols. Aspirin and the Kolbe-Schmitt Reaction

24.11 Preparation of Aryl Ethers
24.12 Cleavage of Aryl Ethers by Hydrogen Halides
24.13 Claisen Rearrangements of Allyl Aryl Ethers
24.14 Oxidation of Phenols: Quinones
24.15 Spectroscopic Analysis of Phenols
24.16 Summary


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