Fluorine Chemistry at the Millennium : Fascinated by Fluorine

This volume brings together contributions by leading researchers covering a wide scope so characteristic of fluorine chemistry. It is a monograph of historical character comprising personalized accounts of progress and events in areas of particular interest. There is also much to interest and instruct chemists from other disciplines as a good proportion of the chapters contain a considerable amount of 'hard' referenced information relating to modern organic, organoelemental and inorganic chemistry. Historians of chemistry and technology will no doubt be tempted to dip into this book, and surely whoever addresses the task of commemorating Moissan's achievement at the 150-years stage will bless us all in some measure for its existence. Foreword / G. A. Olah -- Editor's Preface / R. E. Banks -- About The Editor / R. E. Banks -- 1. Following Fluorine In Nuclear Fuel Manufacture At Bnfl / M. J. Atherton -- 2. Looking In On Fluorine Chemistry In Russia And Ukraine / D. L. Averre -- 3. Forty Years Of Fluorine Chemistry: King's College, Newcastle (1954-87); The University Of British Columbia (1958-66); Princeton University (1966-69); And The University Of California At Berkeley (1969-98) / N. Bartlett -- 4. Contribution To The Perpetuation Of Moissan's Memory: The Moissan Prize / R. Bougon -- 5. Organofluorine Chemistry In Novosibirsk (siberia) / G. M. Brooke -- 6. The Iowa Connection / D. J. Burton -- 7. Organofluorine Chemistry In The University Of Durham, Uk / R. D. Chambers -- 8. Never Say No To A Challenge / K. O. Christe -- 9. The Anionic Side Of Fluorine Chemistry / J. H. Clark -- 10. Laporte And Its Fluoride Businesses / A. E. Comyns -- 11. Fluorine Chemistry --^ A Chemical Gardener's Paradise / D. D. Desmarteau -- 12. Pursuing Fluorine Chemistry In Poland / W. Dmowski -- 13. Biographical Sketch Of Paul Tarrant / W. R. Dolbier, Jr. -- 14. Fluoropolymers, Stable Nitroxides And Perfluoroalkylation / K. C. Eapen -- 15. Fluorine Chemistry In Italy / G. P. Gumbaretto -- 16. Fluorine Chemistry At Leicester / J. H. Holloway And E. G. Hope -- 17. Chinese Research In Organofluorine Chemistry / C.-m. Hu And W.-y. Huang -- 18. Fluorine Chemistry In Japan / Y. Kobayashi, T. Taguchi And T. Abe -- 19. The Discovery Of Successful Direct Fluorination Syntheses: Three Eras Of Elemental Fluorine Reaction Chemistry / R. J. Lagow -- 20. Flogging The Fluorocarbons / D. M. Lemal -- 21. Adventures Of A Fluorine Chemist At Dupont / W. J. Middleton -- 22. Fluorine Chemistry: The Ici Legacy / R. L. Powell -- 23. Fluorocarbon Emulsions -- Designing An Efficient Shuttle Service For The Respiratory Gases -- The So-called 'blood Substitutes' / J. G. Riess --^ 24. Some Aspects Of Fluorine Chemistry In Gottingen / H. W. Roesky -- 25. Fluorocarbon Metal Compounds -- Role Models In Organotransition Metal Chemistry / F. G. A. Stone -- 26. Aromatic Fluorine Chemistry At Salford / H. Suschitzky And B. J. Wakefield -- 27. Fluorine Chemistry At The University Of Birmingham -- A Cradle Of The Subject In The Uk / J. C. Tatlow -- 28. The Belated Hexafluorobenzene Papers Of Yvonne Desirant / D. Tavernier -- 29. Highly-toxic Fluorine Compounds / C. M. Timperley -- 30. From Complex Fluorides To Cfc Alternatives -- An Account Of Fluorine Chemistry At Glasgow / J. M. Winfield -- 31. The Development Of Inorganic Fluorine Chemistry In Slovenia / B. Zemva -- 32. Going With The Fluo / R. E. Banks. Edited By R.e. Banks. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Front Cover 1 Fluorine Chemistry at the Millennium: Fascinated by Fluorine 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 6 Foreword 10 Editor's preface 12 About the editor 16 Chapter 1. Following Fluorine in Nuclear Fuel Manufacture at BNFL 18 Chapter 2. Looking In on Fluorine Chemistry in Russia and Ukraine 32 Chapter 3. Forty Years of Fluorine Chemistry: King's College, Newcastle (1954-57); The University of British Columbia (1958-66); Princeton University (1966-69); and The University of California at Berkeley (1969-98) 46 Chapter 4. Contribution to the Perpetuation of Moissan's Memory: the Moissan Prize 74 Chapter 5. Organofluorine Chemistry in Novosibirsk (Siberia) 84 Chapter 6. The Iowa Connection 98 Chapter 7. Organofiuorine Chemistry in the University of Durham, UK 140 Chapter 8. Never Say No to a Challenge 166 Chapter 9. The Anionic Side of Fluorine Chemistry 184 Chapter 10. Laporte and its Fluoride Businesses 192 Chapter 11. Fluorine Chemistry – A Chemical Gardener's Paradise 196 Chapter 12. Pursuing Fluorine Chemistry in Poland 220 Chapter 13. Biographical Sketch of Paul Tarrant 232 Chapter 14. Fluoropolymers, Stable Nitroxides and Perfluoroalkylation 242 Chapter 15. Fluorine Chemistry in Italy 258 Chapter 16. Fluorine Chemistry at Leicester 264 Chapter 17. Chinese Research in Organofluorine Chemistry 278 Chapter 18. Fluorine Chemistry in Japan 288 Chapter 19. The Discovery of Successful Direct Fluorination Syntheses: Three Eras of Elemental Fluorine Reaction Chemistry 300 Chapter 20. Flogging the Fluorocarbons 314 Chapter 21. Adventures of a Fluorine Chemist at DuPont 338 Chapter 22. Fluorine Chemistry: The ICI Legacy 356 Chapter 23. Fluorocarbon Emulsions – Designing an Efficient Shuttle Service for the Respiratory Gases – the so-called 'Blood Substitutes' 402 Chapter 24. Some Aspects of Fluorine Chemistry in Göttingen 450 Chapter 25. Fluorocarbon Metal Compounds – Role Models in Organotransition Metal Chemistry 466 Chapter 26. Aromatic Fluorine Chemistry at Salford 480 Chapter 27. Fluorine Chemistry at the University of Birmingham – A Cradle of the Subject in the UK 492 Chapter 28. The Belated Hexafluorobenzene Papers of Yvonne Désirant 508 Chapter 29. Highly-toxic Fluorine Compounds 516 Chapter 30. From Complex Fluorides to CFC Alternatives – An Account of Fluorine Chemistry at Glasgow 556 Chapter 31. The Development of Inorganic Fluorine Chemistry in Slovenia 578 Chapter 32. Going with the Fluo 588 Name Index 642 Subject Index 652 Establishment Index 656 This volume brings together contributions by leading researchers covering a wide scope so characteristic of fluorine chemistry. It was in 1986 that the centennial of the isolation of fluorine by Moissan was celebrated, and much was said at the time about the impact of fluorine chemistry during its first century. It is neither a textbook nor a structured exposition of fluorine chemistry as it stands at the beginning of the new millennium, but a monograph of historical character comprising personalized accounts of progress and events in areas of particular interest. There should be much to interest and instruct chemists from other disciplines, as a good proportion of the chapters contain a considerable amount of "hard" referenced information relating to modern organic, organoelemental and inorganic chemistry