Fluorocarbon Derivatives of Metals

Abstract

Publisher Summary This chapter presents a brief review on the chemistry of fluorocarbon derivatives of metals. A great majority of these compounds are those in which a metal is bonded to a carbon atom, which is, in turn, linked to one or more fluorine atoms. Some evidence was obtained for the formation of perfluoroalkyllithium and perfluoroalkyl Grignard reagents. This work was, particularly valuable, indicating strongly that the fluorocarbon derivatives of metals would possess a distinctly different chemistry from that of their hydrocarbon analogs. Compounds of metals of the main groups are discussed systematically according to the Periodic Table, which is followed by a survey of the fluorocarbon derivatives of the transition metals and the zinc subgroup. Compounds of boron and silicon are considered even though these elements are not metals in the real sense of the term. Studies on the fluorocarbon derivatives of boron and silicon established important principles applicable to fluorocarbon–metal compounds in general, and the surveys of organometallic chemistry discuss boron and silicon compounds.