Chlorophenol
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see also [[dichlorophenol]]
A '''chlorophenol''' is any [[organochloride]] of [[phenol]] that contains one or more [[covalent|covalently bonded]] [[chlorine]] atoms. Chlorophenols are produced by [[electrophilic halogenation]] of phenol with [[chlorine]]. Most chlorophenols have a number of different [[isomer]]. Monochlorophenols have three isomers because there is only chlorine atom which can occupy one of three ring positions on the phenol molecule; [[2-chlorophenol]], for example, is the isomer that has a chlorine atom in the ''[[arene substitution patterns|ortho]]'' position. [[Hexachlorophenol]], by contrast, has only one isomer because all five available ring positions on the phenol are fully chlorinated.
==See also==
* [[Dichlorophenol]]
* [[Trichlorophenol]]
* [[Pentachlorophenol]]
[[Category:Organochlorides]]
[[Category:Phenols]]