The article contains sections titled: 1. Alkylphenols 1.1. Physical Properties 1.2. Chemical Properties 1.3. Occurrence, Formation, Isolation 1.4. Production, General 1.4.1. Alkylation of Phenols 1.4.2. Other General Processes 1.5. Industrially Important Alkylphenols 1.5.1. Polymethylphenols 1.5.2. Ethylphenols 1.5.3. Isopropylphenols 1.5.4. sec ‐Butylphenols 1.5.5. tert ‐Butylphenols 1.5.6. tert ‐Pentylphenols 1.5.7. Higher Alkylphenols 1.5.8. Cycloalkylphenols 1.5.9. Aralkylphenols 1.5.10. Alkenylphenols 1.5.11. Indanols 2. Catechol 2.1. Physical Properties 2.2. Chemical Properties 2.3. Production 2.4. Uses 2.5. Economic Aspects 2.6. Toxicology 3. Trihydroxybenzenes 3.1. Pyrogallol 3.2. Hydroxyhydroquinone 3.3. Phloroglucinol 4. Bisphenols (Bishydroxyarylalkanes) 4.1. Physical Properties 4.2. Chemical Properties 4.3. Production 4.4. Analysis, Testing, Storage 4.5. Uses, Economic Aspects 4.6. Toxicology 5. Hydroxybiphenyls 5.1. Physical Properties 5.2. Chemical Properties 5.3. Production 5.4. Analysis, Quality Specifications, Storage 5.5. Uses 5.6. Toxicology 6. Phenol Ethers 6.1. Properties 6.2. Production 6.3. Representative Phenol Ethers 7. Halogen Derivatives of Phenolic Compounds 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Representative Compounds

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The article contains sections titled: 1. Saturated Hydrocarbons 1.1. Physical Properties 1.2. Chemical Properties 1.3. Production 1.3.1. From Natural Gas and Petroleum 1.3.2. From Coal and Coal‐Derived Products 1.3.3. By Synthesis and by Conversion of other Hydrocarbons 1.4. Uses 1.5. Individual Saturated Hydrocarbons 2. Olefins 2.1. Monoolefins 2.1.1. Properties 2.1.2. Production of Higher Olefins 2.1.2.1. Production from Paraffins 2.1.2.2. Oligomerization of Lower Olefins 2.1.3. Uses of Higher Olefins 2.1.4. Economic Aspects of Higher Olefins 2.2. Dienes and Polyenes 2.2.1. Low Molecular Mass 1,3‐Dienes 2.2.2. Synthesis of Dienes and Polyenes by Oligomerization 2.2.3. Synthesis of Dienes and Polyenes by Metathesis 3. Alkylbenzenes 3.1. Trimethylbenzenes 3.2. Tetramethylbenzenes 3.3. Penta‐ and Hexamethylbenzene 3.4. Diethylbenzenes 3.5. Triethylbenzenes and more highly Ethylated Benzenes 3.6. Ethylmethylbenzenes (Ethyltoluenes) 3.7. Cumene 3.8. Diisopropylbenzenes 3.9. Cymenes; C 4 ‐ and C 5 ‐Alkylaromatic Compounds 3.10. Monoalkylbenzenes with Alkyl Groups >C 10 3.11. Diphenylmethane 4. Biphenyls and Polyphenyls 4.1. Biphenyl 4.2. Terphenyls 4.3. Polyphenyls 5. Hydrocarbons from Coal Tar 5.1. Acenaphthene 5.2. Indene 5.3. Fluorene 5.4. Fluoranthene 5.5. Phenanthrene 5.6. Pyrene 6. Toxicology and Occupational Health 6.1. Alkanes 6.2. Alkenes 6.3. Alkylbenzenes 6.4. Biphenyls and Polyphenyls 6.5. Hydrocarbons from Coal Tar 6.5.1. Biological Effects 6.5.1.1. Carcinogenicity and Mutagenicity 6.5.1.2. Mammalian Toxicity and Toxicokinetics 6.5.1.3. Ecotoxicology 6.5.2. Safety Regulations

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