**7. Conclusions**

Phenolic compounds are ubiquitous in nature. Phenolic compounds display a wide range of biological activities such as antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. Therefore, they have versatile applications in various industries such as pharmaceutical and food industries. Developments of efficient methods and protocols for the identification of phenolic compounds, their detection and analysis should continue. Due to their high potential and applications in various industries, development of efficient methods for their synthesis and synthetic elaborations into new phenolic compounds is sought. This chapter has been an attempt to provide the reader with a quick guide and reference for the classification, chemistry, analysis and synthesis of phenolic compounds.

### **Author details**

Hamad H. Al Mamari Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

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