Write the IUPAC name of the compound formed by replacing the hydrogen at C-4 of phenol (numbering the -OH carb

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Phenol's $-\text{OH}$ -bearing ring carbon is fixed as C-1. Numbering around the ring, the carbon directly opposite C-1 (the para position) is C-4. Placing a methyl group there gives 4-methylphenol, which is also widely known by its common name, p-cresol (with 'p-' standing for para, indicating the same 1,4-relationshi …

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Q.Write the IUPAC name of the compound formed by replacing the hydrogen at C-4 of phenol (numbering the $-\text{OH}$ carbon as C-1) with a methyl group.

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Q.Write the IUPAC name of the compound formed by replacing the hydrogen at C-4 of phenol (numbering the −OH-\text{OH}−OH carbon as C-1) with a methyl group.

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