Pentafluorophenol is readily prepared by heating hexafluorobenzene with potassium
Chapter 22, Problem 22.18(choose chapter or problem)
Pentafluorophenol is readily prepared by heating hexafluorobenzene with potassium hydroxide in tert-butyl alcohol: F F F F F F Hexafluorobenzene F OH F F F F Pentafluorophenol (71%) 1. KOH, (CH3)3COH, reflux, 1 h 2. H3O What is the most reasonable mechanism for this reaction? Comment on the comparative ease with which this conversion occurs.
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