Phenols

Preparation

Hydrolysis of Diazonium salts

Oxidation of arylthallium compounds

Alkali fusion of sulfonates

See polynuclear aromatic compounds

Reactions

Acidity

Ether formation, Williamson synthesis

Ester formation

Ring substitution

See aromatic hydrocarbons

Friedel-Crafts alkylation

See aromatic hydrocarbons

Friedel-Crafts acylation, Fries rearrangement

Nitrosation

Coupling with Diazonium salts

See amines

Carbonation, Kolbe reaction

Aldehyde formation, Reimer-Tiemann reaction