Chem. Also creasol. [f. CREOS(OTE + -OL.] A colorless highly refracting liquid (C8 H10 O2) with aromatic odor and burning taste, forming the chief constituent of creosote.
1863–72. Watts, Dict. Chem., II. 103. Creosol, the principal constituent of wood-creosote. Ibid. (1873), Fownes’ Chem., 806. Creasol is a diatomic phenol from guniacum.
Hence Creosyl [-YL], the radical of creosol, as in creosyl chloride C8 H9 O Cl.
1872–9. Watts, Dict. Chem., VI. 595. Creosyl chloride … is a limpid strongly refracting oily liquid.
