1. Plural of phenetole; organic compounds derived from phenol in which the hydroxyl group is replaced by an ethoxy group, used in organic synthesis and as chemical intermediates.
Usage: chemistry; technical term; plural form

Examples

• Phenetoles are important intermediates in the synthesis of various pharmaceutical compounds.
• The chemist prepared several phenetoles for use in the reaction sequence.
• Phenetoles can be synthesized through the ethylation of phenol derivatives.
• Different substituted phenetoles exhibit varying reactivity in electrophilic aromatic substitution.