摘要: The article contains sections titled: 1. Cresols 1.1. Physical Properties 1.2. Chemical Properties 1.3. Formation and Isolation 1.3.1. Isolation from Coal Tars 1.3.2. Recovery Spent Refinery Caustics 1.4. Production 1.4.1. Alkali Fusion of Toluenesulfonates 1.4.2. Alkaline Chlorotoluene Hydrolysis 1.4.3. Cymene Hydroperoxide Cleavage 1.4.4. Methylation Phenol 1.4.5. Other Routes 1.5. Separation m- p-Cresol 1.5.1. Physicochemical Processes 1.5.2. Separation via Addition Compounds 1.5.3. Separation Ester or Salt Formation 1.5.4. Separation by Nuclear Substitution 1.6. Quality Specifications Analysis 1.7. Handling, Storage, Transportation 1.8. Uses 1.9. Economic Aspects 2. Xylenols 2.1. Properties 2.2. Isolation 2.3. Separation 2.4. Production 2.5. Quality Analysis 2.6. Handling, Transportation 2.7. Uses 2.8. Economic Aspects 3. Environmental Protection 4. Toxicology Occupational Health