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Carbolic acid is

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Phenol

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Phenyl benzoate

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Phenyl acetate

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Salol

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Solution

The correct option is A Phenol
Phenol, also known as carbolic acid, was first isolated in the early $19^{t h}$ century from coal tar.

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