I've mastered MOST aromatic substitution reactions, but I found one in my book that perplexes me. (Unfortunately the answer isn't at the back of the book.)
In the reaction below, one might think that two products will form in a substituon reaction: an OH group in the ortho and para positions, relative to fluorine - since it is the least deactivating of the two substituents. However, something tells me that electrophillic substitution will occur since this is an acid-catalyzed reaction and it is carried out under warm condition. Therefore, the SO3H group will be replaced with a hydrogen, yielding simply, fluorobenzene. Can anyone enlighten me about which mechanism/product to expect? Thanks so much in advance! I really want to understand this so I can do well on next week's big exam, yet importantly become a good researcher someday!