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103799

Pentafluorophenol

≥99%, for peptide synthesis, ReagentPlus®

Synonym(s):

2,3,4,5,6-Pentafluorophenol

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Linear Formula:
C6F5OH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
184.06
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12352104
EC Number:
212-235-8
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1912584
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Product Name

Pentafluorophenol, ReagentPlus®, ≥99%

InChI key

XBNGYFFABRKICK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C6HF5O/c7-1-2(8)4(10)6(12)5(11)3(1)9/h12H

SMILES string

Oc1c(F)c(F)c(F)c(F)c1F

product line

ReagentPlus®

assay

≥99%

form

solid

bp

143 °C (lit.)

mp

34-36 °C (lit.)

application(s)

peptide synthesis

functional group

fluoro

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Application

Pentafluorophenol can be used as a reactant to synthesize pentafluorophenyl esters from:
  • N-protected amino acid in the presence of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and ethyl acetate.
  • t-Butoxycarbonyl-L-alanylglycinein the presence of 1-ethyl-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride.
  • Aliphatic dicarboxylic acids in the presence of pyridine, diisopropylcarbodiimide, and acetonitrile.
It can also be used as a reactant to synthesize pentafluorophenyl formate which can be used as a formylating agent in organic synthesis.

General description

Pentafluorophenol is widely used as a precursor in both solution and solid-phase peptide synthesis. It is also involved in the preparation of aromatic fluoro derivatives.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

161.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

72 °C - closed cup

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Pentafluorophenol
Jones K
eEROS (Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis) (2001)
Yutang Dai et al.
Macromolecular rapid communications, 35(15), 1326-1331 (2014-05-28)
Self-assembly of C3 discotic molecules bearing dipeptide pendants into helical supramolecular polymers is investigated. The dipeptides are constituted from glycine and alanine with altered sequence, aiming at modulating the steric hindrance and examining the steric effects on the assembly. This
Synthesis and Solid-state Conformations of 6S, 8aR/S-6-Alkyl-3, 3-dimethyltetrahydrooxazolo [3, 4-a] pyrazine-5, 8-diones (Pseudoproline Diketopiperazines)
Beauchard A, et al.
Indian Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 28, 11-24 (2018)
Rens J Götz et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (29)(29), 3384-3386 (2008-07-18)
The rational design of a ligand containing two electron-poor pi-rings, i.e. a triazine and a pentafluorophenoxy groups, has allowed the preparation of a copper complex where both the anticipated anion...pi interactions are present.
M Adamczyk et al.
Bioconjugate chemistry, 8(2), 253-255 (1997-03-01)
A mixture of 5- and 6-carboxyfluorescein was activated with 1-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride in the presence of either N-hydroxysuccinimide or pentafluorophenol to give the corresponding succinimidyl and pentafluorophenyl esters. The regioisomeric mixtures were separated to give the 5- and 6-succinimidyl and pentafluorophenyl

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