4686. Hexafluorobenzene

Nomenclature

CAS number: 392-56-3
Perfluorobenzene.
C6F6; mol wt 186.05.
C 38.73%, F 61.27%.

Description and references

Prepn: E. T. McBee et al., Ind. Eng. Chem. 39, 378 (1947); J. A. Godsell et al., Nature 178, 199 (1956). Toxicology: C. F. B. Nhachi, Toxicology 39, 317 (1986). Mechanistic study of metabolite formation: I. M. C. M. Rietjens, J. Vervoort, Chem. Res. Toxicol. 5, 10 (1992).

Properties

mp 13 to 11°. bp743 81.0-82.0° (McBee); also reported as bp 80° (Godsell). nD20 1.3760; nD18 1.3746. d425 1.612.

Use

Solvent; intermediate in chemical synthesis.