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Give the IUPAC and common names for the following.
Step 1 Name an aromatic alcohol as a phenol. The compound is a phenol because it contains an -OH group attached to a benzene ring.
Step 2 Number the chain starting at the end nearer to the -OH group. For a phenol, the carbon atom attached to the -OH group is carbon 1.
Step 3 Give the location and name for each substituent relative to the -OH group. For the common name, use the prefix ortho (o-).
4-methylphenol (p-methylphenol; p-cresol)