Current and Future Developments of Synthetic Methods in Organofluorine Chemistry

摘要

Although fluorine chemistry is rapidly approaching its 100th anniversary, organofluorine chemistry, as most of us know it, is only 40-50 years old. Interest and enthusiasm in this area of chemistry essentially traces its origins to the discovery and industrial applications of the Freons and polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon). The unique properties of these materials attracted attention to this neglected area of organic chemistry-particularly industrially - and stimulated work on methods for the introduction of fluorine into organic molecules.