Phenol Formaldehyde Resin The earliest commercial synthetic resin is based on a Phenol formaldehyde resin (PF) with the commercial name Bakelite, and is formed from an elimination reaction of phenol with formaldehyde Phenol is reactive towards formaldehyde at the ortho and para sites (sites 2, 4 and 6) allowing up to 3 units of formaldehyde to ... |