Fluorinated graphene, an up-rising member of the graphene family, combines a two-dimensional layer-structure, a wide bandgap, and high stability and attracts significant attention because of its unique nanostructure and carbon-fluorine bonds. Here, we give an extensive review of recent progress on synthetic methods and C-F bonding; additionally, we present the optical, electrical and electronic...

The expected (E)-but-3-en-2-ones compounds I and II (half curcuminoids) were obtained by the Claisen–Schmidt reaction between aldehydes 3,4-dimethoxybenzaldehyde or 4-nitrobenzaldehyde with acetone. Concomitantly, 3-methylcyclohex-2-enones III IV arose from an unexpected of but-3-en-2-ones in cascade a Michael-type addition second molecule acetone followed Robinson annulation under strong basic...

Fluorination of fluorophores can substantially enhance their photostability and improve spectroscopic properties. To facilitate access to fluorinated fluorophores, bis(2,4,5-trifluorophenyl)methanone was synthesized by treatment of 2,4,5-trifluorobenzaldehyde with a Grignard reagent derived from 1-bromo-2,4,5-trifluorobenzene, followed by oxidation of the resulting benzyl alcohol. This hexafluo...

A novel approach has been developed to synthesize slightly fluorinated graphene quantum dots (GQDs-F) through thermal cutting of highly fluorinated graphene. The fluorinated graphene with substantial structure defects is fragile and is readily attacked. The direct evaporation of abundant CFn (n = 2, 3) groups near structure defects lead to the loss of adjacent skelton C atoms, and the fluorinat...

A new fluorinated analog of tilmicosin was synthesized by the reductive amination of desmycosin with 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)piperidine. Despite an apparently small change in structure, the fluorinated analog had much less in vitro antimicrobial activity than tilmicosin and it failed to protect 3-day old chicks against a Pasteurella multocida challenge at 64 mg/kg sc. In a preliminary in vivo f...

Organocatalytic asymmetric Michael reactions of fluorinated nucleophiles with nitroolefins catalyzed by Cinchona alkaloid-derived thiourea catalysts generated the desired Michael products containing vicinal fluorinated quaternary and tertiary chiral centers with exceptional enantioselectivity.

Nanosphere lithography (NSL) masks were created by spin-coating of polystyrene particles onto silicon surfaces. Fluorinated hydrocarbon films were coated on the nanosphere lithography masks using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) to obtain ordered arrays of fluorinated hydrocarbon. Atomic force microscope images show hexagonally ordered nanodots of dimension 225 ± 11 nm with a h...

Two mesoporous fluorinated metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were synthesized from extensively fluorinated tritopic carboxylate- and tetrazolate-based ligands. The tetrazolate-based framework MOFF-5 has an accessible surface area of 2445 m(2) g(-1), the highest among fluorinated MOFs. Crystals of MOFF-5 adsorb hydrocarbons, fluorocarbons, and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)-the latter two being ozone-...

Organic fluorinated materials demonstrate their excellent electro-optic properties and versatility for technological applications. The partial substitution of hydrogen with fluorine in carbon-halides bounds allows the reduction of absorption losses at the telecommunication wavelengths. In these interesting compounds, the electro-optic coefficient was typically induced by a poling procedure. The...

The synthesis of alpha-aminonitriles and their fluorinated analogs has been carried out in high yield and purity by the Strecker reaction from the corresponding ketones and amines with trimethylsilyl cyanide using gallium triflate in dichloromethane. Monofluoro-, difluro-, or trifluoromethyl groups can be incorporated into the alpha-aminonitrile product by varying the nature of the fluorinated ...