During the past fifteen years commercial interest in compounds containing carbon fluorine bonds has burgeoned beyond all expectations, mainly owing to business opportunities arising from work on biologically active fluoroorganics-particularly agrochemicals, the relentless search for new markets for fluoropolymers and fluoro carbon fluids, developments in the field of medical diagnostics, and the drive to find replacements for ozone-depleting CFCs and Halon fire-extinguishing agents. Judging the situation to warrant the publication of a comprehensive collection of up-to-date reviews dealing with commercial organofluorine compounds within a single volume of manageable size (and hence reasonable cost), we were delighted to be invited by Plenum Publishing Corporation to produce a suitable book. In order to provide an authentic and wide-ranging account of current commercial applications of fluoroorganic materials, it clearly was necessary to assemble a sizeable team of knowledgeable contributing authors selected almost entirely from industry. Through their efforts we have been able to produce an almost complete coverage of the modem organofluorochemicals business in a manner designed to attract a reader ship ranging from experts in the field, through chemists and technologists currently unaware of the extent of industrial involvement with fluoroorganics, to students of applied chemistry. Promised chapters dedicated to perfluoroolefin oxides and 18F labeling of radiopharmaceuticals failed to materialize. This is somewhat unfortunate in view of our aim to achieve comprehensive coverage of the subject.

Zusammenfassung
Suitable for chemists and materials scientists interested in virtually various aspects of carbon-fluorine bonds, this volume provides a comprehensive coverage of this field.

Inhalt

1. Organofluorine Chemistry: Nomenclature and Historical Landmarks.- 2. Synthesis of Organofluorine Compounds.- 3. Characteristics of C-F Systems.- 4. Perfluorocarbon Fluids.- 5. Electrochemical Fluorination and Its Applications.- 6. Chlorofluorocarbons.- 7. Alternatives to Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).- 8. Perfluoroalkyl Bromides and Iodides.- 9. Industrial Routes to Ring-Fluorinated Aromatic Compounds.- 10. Side-Chain Fluorinated Aromatic Compounds Routes to Benzotrifluorides.- 11. Recent Developments in Fluorine-Containing Agrochemicals.- 12. Fluorinated Liquid Crystals.- 13. Fluorine-Containing Dyes A. Reactive Dyes.- 13.B. Other Fluorinated Dyestuffs.- 14. Textile Finishes and Fluorosurfactants.- 15. Fluoroplastics.- 16. Fluoroelastomers.- 17. Fluoropolymer Coatings.- 18. Fluorinated Membranes.- 19. Monomers and Polymers from Hexafluoroacetone.- 20. Perfluoropolyethers (PFPEs) from Perfluoroolefin Photooxidation: Fomblin® and Galden® Fluids.- 21. Perfluoropolyether Fluids (Demnum®) Based on Oxetanes.- 22. Surface Fluorination of Polymers.- 23. Fluorinated Carbon.- 24. Uses of Fluorine in Chemotherapy.- 25. Fluorinated Inhalation Anesthetics.- 26. Properties and Biomedical Applications of Perfluorochemicals and Their Emulsions.- 27. The Fluorochemical Industry A. The Fluorochemical Industry in the United States.- 27. B. Organofluorine Products and Companies in Western Europe.- 27.C. Manufacturers of Organic Fluoro Compounds in Japan.- 28. CFCs and the Environment: Further Observations.