Re: Benzyl and phenyl

Ed Chapel (chapelej@plu.edu)
Sat, 07 Dec 1996 09:32:55 -0800 (PST)

I can make two guesses at the name based on what the book says on the
first page of chap. 10, p. 415. It is either benzylmethanol or
phenylethanol. How does that sound?

Ed
chapelej

On Fri, 6 Dec 1996 nguyentm@plu.edu wrote:

> A phenol is a (C6H5) phenyl with an OH group attached directly to the
> phenly ring. Then, is a benzyl a phenyl with a Ch2 group attached to it.
> If this is the case then what would a (C6H5)-CH2CH2OH be called and why?
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