A trichlorophenol is any
organochloride
An organochloride, organochlorine compound, chlorocarbon, or chlorinated hydrocarbon is an organic compound containing at least one covalent bond, covalently bonded atom of chlorine. The chloroalkane class (alkanes with one or more hydrogens subst ...
of
phenol
Phenol (also called carbolic acid) is an aromatic organic compound with the molecular formula . It is a white crystalline solid that is volatile. The molecule consists of a phenyl group () bonded to a hydroxy group (). Mildly acidic, it req ...
that contains three
covalently bonded
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chlorine
Chlorine is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Cl and atomic number 17. The second-lightest of the halogens, it appears between fluorine and bromine in the periodic table and its properties are mostly intermediate betwee ...
atoms. Trichlorophenols are produced by
electrophilic halogenation
In organic chemistry, an electrophilic aromatic halogenation is a type of electrophilic aromatic substitution. This organic reaction is typical of aromatic compounds and a very useful method for adding substituents to an aromatic system.
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A few ...
of phenol with chlorine.
Different
isomers
In chemistry, isomers are molecules or polyatomic ions with identical molecular formulae – that is, same number of atoms of each element – but distinct arrangements of atoms in space. Isomerism is existence or possibility of isomers.
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of trichlorophenol exist according to which ring positions on the phenol contain chlorine atoms.
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol, for example, has two chlorine atoms in the ''
ortho'' positions and one chlorine atom in the ''
para
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'' position.
There are six different isomers:
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2,3,4-Trichlorophenol
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2,3,5-Trichlorophenol
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2,3,6-Trichlorophenol
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2,4,5-Trichlorophenol
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2,4,6-Trichlorophenol
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3,4,5-Trichlorophenol
See also
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Chlorophenol
A chlorophenol is any organochloride of phenol that contains one or more covalently bonded chlorine atoms. There are five basic types of chlorophenols (mono- to pentachlorophenol) and 19 different chlorophenols in total when positional isomerism is ...
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Dichlorophenol
Dichlorophenols (DCPs) are any of several chemical compounds which are derivatives of phenol containing two chlorine atoms. There are six isomers:
* 2,3-Dichlorophenol
* 2,4-Dichlorophenol
* 2,5-Dichlorophenol
* 2,6-Dichlorophenol
2,6-Dichlo ...
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Pentachlorophenol
Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is an organochlorine compound used as a pesticide and a disinfectant. First produced in the 1930s, it is marketed under many trade names. It can be found as pure PCP, or as the sodium salt of PCP, the latter of which diss ...
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