CHAPTER 3: Perfluoroalkyl Compounds for Industrial and Other Applications

Organofluorine compounds are substances of considerable interest in wide areas of science because of their unique physical and chemical properties. Owing to the tremendous demands in the fields of science and technology, the development of new methods for the synthesis of fluorine-containing organic compounds has been required. Among them, perfluoroalkylated organic compounds have been used in several areas of chemistry owing to their characteristic material properties and even their biological activities. In this chapter, recent progress in the effective synthesis and certain applications of perfluoroalkyl compounds is described.