Product code: RXSOL-60-6604-916
M CRESOL FOR SYNTHESIS
Cresols give creosote its antibacterial and insecticidal properties, as well as its toxicity and its ability to irritate bare skin. As phenol derivatives, cresols can be used in phenol-formaldehyde resins. m-Cresol is also used in making photographic developer and explosives.
Application
Cresols give creosote its antibacterial and insecticidal properties, as well as its toxicity and its ability to irritate bare skin. As phenol derivatives, cresols can be used in phenol-formaldehyde resins. m-Cresol is also used in making photographic developer and explosives.
Dosage
Together with many other compounds, m-cresol is traditionally extracted from coal tar, the volatile materials obtained in the production of coke from (bituminous) coal. This residue contains a few percent by weight of phenol and isomeric cresols.