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		chasil 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Benzene at 200 That would actually imply that an OH group replaced one of the hydrogens, forming an alcohol. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_(chemistry) So Benzol is not benzyl alcohol. Edit: this is not what I was expecting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzyl_alcohol

ricksunny 7 months ago | [–]

That would make it phenol.

s0rce 7 months ago | [–]

benzyl and phenyl are different

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