One of the skin-irritating components of poison oak

Chapter 19, Problem 48

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One of the skin-irritating components of poison oak istetrahydrourushiol:The long, nonpolar hydrocarbon tail embeds itself in apersons oily skin, where the molecule initiates an allergicresponse. Scratching the itch spreads tetrahydrourushiolmolecules over a greater surface area, causing the zone ofirritation to grow. Is this compound an alcohol or a phenol?Defend your answer.

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