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Cresol
Cresols (also ''hydroxytoluene'') are organic compounds which are methylphenols. They are a widely occurring natural and manufactured group of aromatic organic compounds, which are categorized as phenols (sometimes called ''phenolics''). Depending on the temperature, cresols can be solid or liquid because they have melting points not far from room temperature. Like other types of phenols, they are slowly oxidized by long exposure to air and the impurities often give cresols a yellowish to brownish red tint. Cresols have an odor characteristic to that of other simple phenols, reminiscent to some of a "coal tar" smell. The name cresol reflects their structure, being phenols, and their traditional source, creosote.
== Structure and production==
In its chemical structure, a molecule of cresol has a methyl group substituted onto the ring of phenol. There are three forms (isomers) of cresol: ''ortho''-cresol (''o''-cresol), ''meta''-cresol (''m''-cresol), and ''para''-cresol (''p''-cresol). These forms occur separately or as a mixture, which can also be called cresol or more specifically, tricresol. About half of the world's supply of cresols are extracted from coal tar.〔http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/tricresol. 18 July, 2013.〕 The rest is produced synthetically, by methylation of phenol or hydrolysis of chlorotoluenes.〔
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