Issue 4, 2015

Organofluorine chemistry: applications, sources and sustainability

Abstract

Fluorine is an essential element for life in the developed world that impacts hugely on the general public because many pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, anaesthetics, materials and air conditioning materials owe their important properties to the presence of fluorine atoms within their structures. All fluorine atoms used in organic chemistry are ultimately sourced from a mined raw material, fluorspar (CaF2), but, given current usage and global reserve estimates, there is only sufficient fluorspar available for a further 100 years. New large scale raw material sources of fluorine are available but must be sufficiently developed for the benefits of fluorinated systems to continue in the long term.

Graphical abstract: Organofluorine chemistry: applications, sources and sustainability

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
06 Nov. 2014
Accepted
28 Nov. 2014
First published
28 Nov. 2014

Green Chem., 2015,17, 2081-2086

Author version available

Organofluorine chemistry: applications, sources and sustainability

A. Harsanyi and G. Sandford, Green Chem., 2015, 17, 2081 DOI: 10.1039/C4GC02166E

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