Fluorine plays a more prominent role than any other element in many areas of chemistry, life sciences, technology, industry and modern life. Fluorine reacts with almost every element and, in principle, fluorine atoms can be incorporated into every organic molecule, meaning that fluorine can form the most compounds of all the elements. When H or OH is replaced by F in organic molecules, the bond energies and bond polarisations change considerably, as do the properties. Synthetic fluoroorganics are therefore of increasing importance in active pharmaceutical ingredients, crop protection agents, lubricants and anti-corrosion agents, dyes, liquid crystals, surfactants, ionic liquids, blood substitutes, etc. The most thermally and chemically resistant polymers are fluoropolymers and their derivatives. Ionomers such as Nafion are of great importance in fuel cells and electrolytes. Low-molecular CHF compounds are also produced on a million tonne scale as substitutes for CFRPs and used as refrigerants, propellants, fire retardants and solvents. Without SF6 as an insulating gas, modern high-voltage and energy technology would be inconceivable; the production of semiconductor chips would also not be possible without high-purity hydrofluoric acid and fluorine-containing plasma etching gases. Graphite fluoride and electrolytes with fluorinated anions are important components in electrochemical energy storage systems.
Shortlink to this page: www.gdch.de/fluorchemieAs the above examples show, fluorine chemistry is an interdisciplinary science with links to existing specialist groups of the GDCh. with electrochemistry (electrofluorination, electrochemical energy storage), magnetic resonance (19F-NMR spectroscopy), solid state chemistry and materials research (complex fluorides, fluorine glasses) and medicinal chemistry (fluorinated active ingredients, 18F positron emission tomography), to name but a few.
For this reason, the GDCh Executive Board agreed to the formation of a Fluorine Chemistry Working Group under the umbrella of the GDCh in 2008. Details can be found in the rules of procedure.
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Publication Award Fluorine Chemistry
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The Fluorine Chemistry Working Group of the German Chemical Society awards the "Fluorine Chemistry Publication Prize" every two years. The prize is awarded on the occasion of a symposium