Carbolic acid is

Question

Carbolic acid is (A) C6H5CHO (B) C6H6 (C) C6H5COOH (D) C6H5OH

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Phenol was discovered by Runge in the middle oil fraction of coal-tar distillation and named it ‘carbolic acid’ (carbocoil, oleum = oil) or phenol containing 5 % water in liquid at room temperature and it is termed as carbolic acid.

Q. Carbolic acid is

$C_{6} H_{5} C H O$

$C_{6} H_{6}$

$C_{6} H_{5} COO H$

$C_{6} H_{5} O H$

Phenol was discovered by Runge in the middle oil fraction of coal-tar distillation and named it ‘carbolic acid’ (carbocoil, oleum = oil) or phenol containing $5%$ water in liquid at room temperature and it is termed as carbolic acid.

Q. Carbolic acid is

C6​H5​CHO

C6​H6​

C6​H5​COOH

C6​H5​OH

Phenol was discovered by Runge in the middle oil fraction of coal-tar distillation and named it ‘carbolic acid’ (carbocoil, oleum = oil) or phenol containing 5% water in liquid at room temperature and it is termed as carbolic acid.

$C_{6} H_{5} C H O$

$C_{6} H_{6}$

$C_{6} H_{5} COO H$

$C_{6} H_{5} O H$

Phenol was discovered by Runge in the middle oil fraction of coal-tar distillation and named it ‘carbolic acid’ (carbocoil, oleum = oil) or phenol containing $5%$ water in liquid at room temperature and it is termed as carbolic acid.