Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Phloroglucinol is an organic compound that is used in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and explosives. It is a phenol derivative with antispasmodic properties that is used primarily as a laboratory reagent.Austrian chemist Heinrich Hlasiwetz (1825-1875) is remembered for his chemical analysis of phloroglucinol.Phloroglucinol is also generally found in the flavonoid ring A substitution pattern.
