Meaning & use
Diphenol
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A chemical compound containing two hydroxyl (-OH) groups attached to a benzene ring or related aromatic structure.
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Hydroquinone is a well-known diphenol used in some skin-lightening products.
The chemistry course covered how diphenols react differently from single-hydroxyl phenols.
A note on using this word
The prefix "di-" signals two hydroxyl groups, distinguishing diphenols from simple phenols, which have only one.
Words with a similar meaning
dihydroxybenzene
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