A tetrachlorophenol is any organochloride of phenol that contains four covalently bonded chlorine atoms. Tetrachlorophenols are produced by electrophilic halogenation of phenol with chlorine.[1] Different isomers of tetrachlorophenol exist according to which ring positions on the phenol contain chlorine atoms.
There are three different isomers:
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