Photocatalyst Luminescence Quenching as a Tool for Investigating Hydrogen Bonding and Lewis Acid-Induced C-F Bond Activation (A02)

• Subject Area: Organic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
• Term: from 2019 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 387284271

In this project, the influence of Fluorine-Specific hydrogen-bonding or Lewis acid interactions on photoredox-induced C-F bond activation is investigated. The strength of these Fluorine-Specific Interactions will be evaluated and quantified by measuring the quenching of photocatalysts in the presence of various H-bond donors and Lewis acids via luminescence spectroscopy. The data obtained will be then used to assist the development of new synthetically-useful defluorinative transformations of organofluorine compounds.

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