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Any of the various compounds produced by chlorinating a phenol. Chlorophenols are fairly acidic and have many uses, including antiseptics, disinfectants, herbicides, insecticides, and wood preservatives, and in making dyes. They form condensation polymers of the bakelite type with methanal.
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