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Paracetamol (para-acetyl-amino-phenol) is also known as aminoacetophen (N-acetyl-para-aminophenol). Click on the links below to highlight the appropriate feature Para means that groups are attached to opposite sides of the benzene ring. Acetyl is a CH3C=O group. Amino is a >NH2 group but one of the Hs has been replaced by the acetyl group, so only -NH- is seen here. Phenol is a benzene ring with -OH attached. |