They are volatile colorless solids or oily liquids.
The name xylenol is a portmanteau of the words xylene and phenol.
These residue contains a few percent by weight of xylenols as well as cresols and phenol.
2,6-Xylenol is produced by methylation of phenol using methanol in the presence of metal oxide catalysts:[1] Typically, xylenols also ethylphenols, which have very similar physical properties.
The physical properties of the six isomeric xylenols are similar.