Treatment of phenol with excess aqueous bromine is actually more complicated than expected. A white precipitate forms

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Treatment of phenol with excess aqueous bromine is actually more complicated than expected. A white precipitate forms rapidly, which on closer examination is not 2, 4, 6-tribromophenol but is instead 2, 4, 4, 6-tetrabromocyclohexadienone. Explain the formation of this product.
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0072905014

4th edition

Authors: Francis A. Carey

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