Organic Chemistry - Standalone book
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Author: Francis A Carey Dr., Robert M. Giuliano
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Chapter 23, Problem 28P
Pentafluorophenol is readily prepared by heating hexafluorobenzene with
potassium hydroxide in tert-butyl alcohol:
What is the most reasonable mechanism for this reaction? Comment on the comparative ease with which this conversion occurs.
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Ch. 23.1 - Prob. 1PCh. 23.3 - Problem 23.2 One of the hydroxybenzoic acids is...Ch. 23.4 - Prob. 3PCh. 23.5 - Prob. 4PCh. 23.6 - Problem 23.5 The compound shown was required for...Ch. 23.8 - Prob. 6PCh. 23.8 - Prob. 7PCh. 23.9 - Prob. 8PCh. 23.9 - Prob. 9PCh. 23.10 - Prob. 10P
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