Aikace-aikace:

Phenol wani abu ne mai mahimmancin sinadarai mai mahimmanci, wanda aka yi amfani dashi sosai wajen samar da resin phenolic da bisphenol A, wanda bisphenol A yana da mahimmancin albarkatun kasa don polycarbonate, resin epoxy, resin polysulfone da sauran robobi. A wasu lokuta ana amfani da phenol don samar da iso-octylphenol, isononylphenol, ko isododecylphenol ta hanyar ƙarin amsawa tare da olefins masu tsayi mai tsayi irin su diisobutylene, trippropylene, tetra-polypropylene da makamantansu, waɗanda ake amfani da su wajen samar da surfactants na nonionic. Bugu da ƙari, ana iya amfani da shi azaman kayan aiki mai mahimmanci don caprolactam, adipic acid, dyes, magunguna, magungunan kashe qwari da ƙwayoyin filastik da magungunan roba.