Fluorinated monophenols and diphenols and method for their preparation

A fluorinated diphenol having the general formula:

• ##STR14## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of fluorinated alkyl radical and fluorinated aryl radical;
• R' is selected from the group consisting of fluorinated alkyl radical, fluorinated aryl radical, alkyl radical, aryl radical and hydrogen;
• and Y.sub.1, Y.sub.2, Y.sub.3 and Y.sub.4 are substituted upon the respective phenol groups and are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, bromine and alkyl radical having from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms;
• with the proviso that when R and R' are both fluorinated alkyl radical, and when R is fluorinated alkyl radical and R' is hydrogen, the phenol group having Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 thereon, differs from the phenol group having Y.sub.3 and Y.sub.4 thereon, and thereby forms a fluorinated diphenol having asymmetrical phenol groups.