Researchers have pioneered a new catalytic transformation that converts epoxides into fluorinated oxetanes, a coveted but difficult-to-make class of drug molecules that escaped synthetic preparation ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fluorinated compounds also known as PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are suspected of affecting humans, animals and the environment. Several of the ...

Perfluorinated compounds, such as perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), help firefighting foams rapidly flow over flaming liquids such as gasoline and jet fuel, cooling and quenching fires. But despite ...

"A very significant fraction of new drugs and agrochemicals have fluorine in them," says William R. Dolbier Jr., professor of chemistry at the University of Florida, because of the unique biological ...

An international research team made up of scientists from Freie Universität Berlin and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in conjunction with Université de Lorraine in Metz, ...

For all of the semiconductor industry’s legendary reputation for cleanliness, the actual processes that go into making chips use some of the nastiest stuff imaginable. Silicon oxide is comes from ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are used in a wide variety of industries, playing a vital role in several technologies essential for modern life. 1 One of the most notable applications is ...

The department of chemistry hosted their weekly seminar series, which featured the research of two Georgetown graduate students, Nadia Sarfraz and Jordan Tanen, both seeking their PhD, on Oct. 12.

Despite the growing importance of organofluorines as pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, the stereoselective introduction of fluorine into many prominent classes of natural products and ...

Generally compounds containing fluorine can be successfully analysed for percentage CHN content on most elemental microanalysis systems under standard operating conditions. The magnesium oxide in the ...