Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Foreword VII
4. Contents IX
5. Part A: Introduction to fluorine chemistry
6. Introduction to fluorine chemistry 1
7. 1 Sources of fluorine in nature 5
8. 2 Elemental fluorine 9
9. 3 Hydrogen fluoride 15
10. 4 Preparation of fluorinated compounds [35] 23
11. 5 Common solid-state structures of inorganic fluorides [35] 31
12. 6 Properties of fluorinated compounds 35
13. 7 Health and environmental aspects of fluorinated compounds 37
14. 8 19F-NMR – an important analytical tool for fluorine chemists [53, 54] 43
15. Part B: Inorganic fluorine chemistry
16. Inorganic fluorine chemistry 53
17. 9 Main group element fluorides 55
18. 10 Transition metal fluorides and rare earth metal fluorides 161
19. Part C: Organic fluorine chemistry
20. Organic fluorine chemistry 281
21. 11 Fluoroorganic compounds – unusual properties and versatile applications 283
22. 12 General reaction types and reagents for the introduction of fluorine 301
23. 13 Fluorination of aliphatic substrates 319
24. 14 Fluorination of (hetero-) aromatic compounds 415
25. 15 Preparation of fluorinated olefins and acetylenes 453
26. 16 Solutions to study questions 479
27. Bibliography 537
28. Index 617