The Properties and Chemistry of Resorcinol

Abstract

Other names which have been used are 1,3-benzenediol, resorcin, m-dihydroxybenzene, 1,3-dihydroxybenzene, and 1,3-dioxybenzene. The conventional numbering of the carbon atoms of resorcinol is shown inside structure 2--1. The alpha ($α$), beta ($β$), gamma ($γ$) designation was used in the older literature and is still used occasionally today.