3148. p-Difluorobenzene

Nomenclature

CAS number: 540-36-3
C6H4F2; mol wt 114.09.
C 63.16%, H 3.53%, F 33.30%.

Description and references

Prepd by diazotizing p-fluoroaniline in hydrofluoric acid and heating the diazonium salt to 120°: Swarts, Chem. Zentralbl. 1913, II, 760.

Chemical structure

Properties

Liquid, pungent, aromatic odor. mp -23.7°. bp 88.82°. d20 1.17006. nD18.9 1.44219.