Nomenclature
CAS number: 100-67-4
Phenol potassium salt; potassium phenate; potassium phenylate; potassium carbolate.
C
6H
5KO; mol wt 132.20.
C 54.51%, H 3.81%, K 29.58%, O 12.10%.
C
6H
5OK.
Description and references
Prepd from phenol and KOH in dil methanol:
Kornblum, Lurie, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 81, 2710 (1959).
Properties
White to reddish, hygroscopic, cryst lumps. Very
sol in water; sol in alcohol. The aq soln is strongly alkaline. Keep tightly closed.