Activation of carbon-fluorine bonds by metal complexes
- Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Concordia College, Moorhead, MN (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
An area of research that has recently attracted the attention of inorganic and organometallic chemists is the coordination and activation of fluorocarbons by transition-metal complexes. The focus of this review is the activation of carbon-fluorine bonds by metal centers. The authors will not specifically address the cleavage of carbon-fluorine bonds using main group metals. They will briefly cover the properties of fluorocarbons pertinent to the topic of C-F activation. They will provide an update on the area of fluorocarbon coordination to transition metals by surveying the work reported since the review by Kulawiec and Crabtree in 1990. C-F activation by metal complexes shall be addressed in the context of six subdisciplines: metalation by alkali and alkaline earth metals, defluorination by transition-metal anions, C-F activation by electron-deficient metal center, C-F activation by electron-rich metal centers, reactions of coordinated fluorocarbon ligands that involve C-F bond cleavage, and C-F activation in biological systems. The literature up to December 1993 is covered. 400 refs.
- OSTI ID:
- 7027923
- Journal Information:
- Chemical Reviews; (United States), Journal Name: Chemical Reviews; (United States) Vol. 94:2; ISSN CHREAY; ISSN 0009-2665
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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