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Treatment of phenol with excess aqueous bromine is actually more complicated than expected. A white precipitate forms rapidly, which on closer examination is not 2,4,6- tribromophenol but is instead 2,4,4,6 tetrabromocyclohexadienone. Explain the formation of this product.

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Treatment of phenol with excess aqueous bromine is actually more complicated than-example-1
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