An organic compound containing a benzene ring with an attached methoxy group; another name for methoxybenzene or anisole.
From 'anise' + '-ol' (chemical suffix for alcohols/phenols). The compound was named after anise because it was originally derived from anise oil.
Anisol smells pleasant and was historically extracted from anise seeds, but nowadays chemists make it synthetically—it's used in fragrances, medicines, and as a solvent in laboratories!
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