Phenolhe mea hoʻohui kemika nui me ka nui o nā noi i ka ʻoihana a me ka noiʻi. ʻO kāna hoʻomākaukau pāʻoihana e pili ana i kahi kaʻina hana multi-step e hoʻomaka me ka oxidation o cyclohexane. Ma kēia kaʻina hana, ua hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ka cyclohexane i ke ʻano o nā mea waena, me ka cyclohexanol a me ka cyclohexanone, a laila hoʻololi ʻia i phenol. E ʻimi kākou i nā kikoʻī o kēia kaʻina hana. 

Hoʻomaka ka hoʻomākaukau pāʻoihana o ka phenol me ka oxidation o cyclohexane. Hoʻokō ʻia kēia hopena ma ke alo o kahi mea hoʻoheheʻe, e like me ka ea a i ʻole ka oxygen maʻemaʻe, a me kahi catalyst. ʻO ka catalyst i hoʻohana ʻia i kēia pane ʻana he hui pū ʻia o nā metala hoʻololi, e like me ka cobalt, manganese, a me ka bromine. Hoʻokō ʻia ka hopena ma nā wela kiʻekiʻe a me nā kaomi, maʻamau mai 600 a 900.°C a me 10 a 200 mau lewa.

ʻO ka oxidation o ka cyclohexane ka hopena i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi pūʻulu o nā mea waena, me ka cyclohexanol a me ka cyclohexanone. A laila, hoʻololi ʻia kēia mau mea waena i phenol ma kahi ʻanuʻu hopena. Hoʻokō ʻia kēia hopena ma ke alo o kahi catalyst acid, e like me ka sulfuric acid a i ʻole hydrochloric acid. Hoʻoikaika ka mea hoʻoheheʻe waikawa i ka dehydration o ka cyclohexanol a me ka cyclohexanone, ka hopena i ka hana ʻana o ka phenol a me ka wai.

Hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ka hopena phenol e ka distillation a me nā ʻenehana hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻē aʻe e wehe i nā haumia a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe. ʻO ke kaʻina hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka huahana hope i nā koi maʻemaʻe no nā noi like ʻole.

Hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Phenol i nā ʻano noi like ʻole, me ka hana ʻana i nā polycarbonates, Bisphenol A (BPA), resins phenolic, a me nā ʻano hui like ʻole. Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka polycarbonate i ka hana ʻana i nā ipu plastik, nā lens, a me nā mea optical ʻē aʻe ma muli o ko lākou ʻike kiʻekiʻe a me ke kūʻē ʻana i ka hopena. Hoʻohana ʻia ka BPA i ka hana ʻana i nā resins epoxy a me nā mea hoʻopili ʻē aʻe, nā uhi, a me nā composites. Hoʻohana ʻia nā resins phenolic i ka hana ʻana i nā adhesives, coatings, a me composites ma muli o ko lākou kūpaʻa kiʻekiʻe i ka wela a me nā kemika.

I ka hopena, ʻo ka hoʻomākaukau pāʻoihana o phenol e pili ana i ka oxidation o cyclohexane, a ukali ʻia e ka hoʻololi ʻana o nā intermediates i phenol a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka huahana hope. Hoʻohana ʻia ka hopena phenol i nā ʻano hana like ʻole, me ka hana ʻana i nā ipu plastik, nā mea hoʻopili, nā uhi, a me nā composites.