Issue 41, 2019

Pentafluorosulfanyl group: an emerging tool in optoelectronic materials

Abstract

The pentafluorosulfanyl (SF5) moiety is a lesser known and underutilized functional group that displays high electronegativity, chemical and thermal stability, and low surface energy, among other useful properties. Despite being around for almost 60 years, practical application of the unique SF5 group in various areas of chemistry has only recently picked up, which is mostly due to longstanding challenges associated with its synthetic accessibility. While most of the latest attention involving the use of SF5 has been in medicinal chemistry, it has also started to feature much more frequently in functional materials design, especially in the area of optoelectronic materials. This review will describe the ways in which the distinctive properties of SF5 have been harnessed to tune the optoelectronic character of different classes of functional materials, starting with the earliest examples from the late 1990s to the intensive research efforts in recent years.

Graphical abstract: Pentafluorosulfanyl group: an emerging tool in optoelectronic materials

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
10 Apr. 2019
Accepted
14 Aug. 2019
First published
14 Aug. 2019

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 12822-12834

Pentafluorosulfanyl group: an emerging tool in optoelectronic materials

J. M. W. Chan, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 12822 DOI: 10.1039/C9TC01949A

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