THE CHEMISTRY OF PHENOLS

By DAVID RAMIREZ

CONTENTS 1 GENERAL AND THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF PHENOLS 2 THE STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY OF PHENOLS 3 THERMOCHEMISTRY OF PHENOLS AND RELATED ARENOLS 4 MASS SPECTROMETRY AND GAS-PHASE ION CHEMISTRY OF PHENOLS 5 NMR AND IR SPECTROSCOPY OF PHENOLS 6 SYNTHESIS OF PHENOLS 7 UV-VISIBLE SPECTRA AND PHOTOACIDITY OF PHENOLS, NAPHTHOLS AND PYRENOLS 8 HYDROGEN-BONDED COMPLEXES OF PHENOLS 9 ELECTROPHILIC REACTIONS OF PHENOLS 10 SYNTHETIC USES OF PHENOLS 11 TAUTOMERIC EQUILIBRIA AND REARRANGEMENTS INVOLVING PHENOLS 12 PHENOLS AS ANTIOXIDANTS