The plural form of cresol; multiple cresol compounds, typically the three isomers (ortho-, meta-, and para-cresol).
Plural of 'cresol.' In chemistry, 'cresols' often refers collectively to the three structural isomers of methylphenol that have different spatial arrangements.
The three cresol isomers have identical chemical formulas but different structures—a phenomenon called isomerism that was absolutely mind-blowing when chemists discovered it, suggesting atoms could arrange in multiple ways.
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