Control of C-F-Bond Activation and Fluorination Reactions through Fluorine-Specific Interactions in the Coordination Sphere of Metal Compounds (A01)

• Subject Area: Inorganic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
• Term: since 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 387284271

Project A1|Braun applies Fluorine-Specific interactions to establish metal-mediated dehydrofluorination and hy-drofluorination reactions. In the proposed dehydrofluorination reactions, germylium ion-based catalysts trans-form fluorinated alkanes with germanes into alkenes, fluorogermanes, and H2. The formed fluorogermanes can be further transformed in HF and used in consecutive Pt-catalyzed hydrofluorination reactions of alkynes.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1349: Fluorine-Specific Interactions: Fundamentals and Functions
• Applicant Institution: Freie Universität Berlin
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Thomas Braun