Pentafluorothiophenol is an organosulfur compound with the formula . It is a colorless volatile liquid. The compound is prepared by the reaction of sodium hydrosulfide and hexafluorobenzene.Robson, P.; Stacey, M.; Stephens, R.; Tatlow, J. C. "Aromatic polyfluoro compounds. VI. Penta- and 2,3,5,6-tetrafluorothiophenol" Journal of the Chemical Society (1960), 4754-60. With a pKa of 2.68, it is one of the most acidic thiols.William P. Jencks, Karin Salvesen "Equilibrium deuterium isotope effects on the ionization of thiol acids" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1971, volume 93, pp 4433–4436. Its conjugate base has been used as a ligand in coordination chemistry.Torrens, Hugo "Pentafluorobenzenethiolato derivatives of the platinum group metals" Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2000, vol. 196, pp. 331-352.
Related compounds Pentafluorophenol
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