Fluorine in Manchester, Alan Brisdon's Research Website

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Web Name: Fluorine in Manchester, Alan Brisdon's Research Website

WebSite: http://fluorine.ch.man.ac.uk

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This is the Home Page of Alan Brisdon's (linkedIn page) fluorine research group from the School of Chemistry at The University of Manchester, formerly UMIST.Here you will find details of our research in fluorine chemistry which covers the synthesis of inorganic, organometallic and organofluorine compounds as well as their spectroscopy, characterisation and applications.You will also find information of our group, facilities and publications.Fluorine is one of the most reactive elements in the periodic tableyet some of its compounds are the most stable and least reactive; whileothers are more reactive than fluorine itself!It is the ability of fluorine to drastically alter the steric and electronicproperties of its compounds that fascinate us.Compounds of fluorine find applications in almost all areas of modern life.From fluoride in modern toothpaste to the many different fluorinated plasticsand materials, including polytetrafluoroethene, PTFE (tradename Teflon) whichis the inert plastic used in "non-stick" pans. Very many modern pharmaceuticalcompounds (anti-cancer, antibiotics, anti-malerials etc) include fluorine,or fluorinated groups.Fluorine is also heavily involved in environmental chemistry, for examplethe generation of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs) arose because of thephaseout of their ozone-depleting cousins, CFCs.Fluorine and HFC chemistryThe introduction of fluorine and fluorine-containing groups into molecules,based on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs, the replacements for CFCs) such as HFC-134a (CF3CH2F) and HFC-245fa (CF3CH2CHF2) and related materials.Fluorine-containing phosphinesThe synthesis of fluoroalkyl, fluoroalkenyl and fluoroalkynyl fluorine-containing phosphines, their properties, coordination complexes, uses and applications in catalysis.Fluoro-organometallicsOrganofluorine-containing organometallic complexes, their structures and chemistries including catalysis, such as trifluorovinyl and trifluoropropynyl complexes of main-group and transition-metals.Fluorine-containing materialsThe synthesis of fluorine-containing functional materials, such as our work on polymer precursors, fluorographene and room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs).Structural Fluorine ChemistryFluorine-containing molecules give rise to some unusual structural properties includingfluorous domains and halogen-bonding, which we study by Xray crystallography.Spectroscopy and Analysis ToolsExamples and theory behind multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, on-line tools to calculate elemental (microanalysis) figures, mass spec patterns, 31-P nmr chemical shifts for phosphines, J-coupling patterns, mass spectrometry isotope patterns and our spectroscopy database (19F, 31P and IR)PublicationsWe have published in areas ranging from CFC-related compounds, HCF-chemistry,organofluorine chemistry, fluorovinyls, fluoroalkynes, fluorine-containingphosphorus ligands, fluoro-organometallic systems, catalysis, metal-fluoridescoordination chemistry and ionic liquids.The group, past presentCurrent and former project students, MSc, PhD researchers.Also how to join us.Links to fluorine, chemical andrelated items such as journals, suppliers, societies and relevant software Days with events are highlighted, click, or hover on them for more details. Click here for the diary. Fluorine NewsFluorographeneFollowing on from previous work fluorinating Buckminster fullerene (C60)we are studying the fluorination of graphene - the super strong, one-layer thick version of graphite to generate graphene fluoride or fluorographenemore...FluorineModern ComputingWithout fluorine containing compounds such as NF3 and WF6 we wouldn't have todays semiconductors!

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