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.
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The industry's leading researchers contribute an extremely wide range of articles to provide comprehensive coverage of this burgeoning field. Well illustrated, the volume will become a standard reference work for chemists and materials scientists interested in virtually all aspects of carbon-fluorine bonds.