the substitution of hydrogen or oxygen by fluorine in organic molecules usually results in a large number of new compounds of an interesting nature, featuring very stable covalent carbon ...

Adding fluorine to drug molecules can be tricky, but is often worthwhile. Rachel Brazil talks to the chemists trying to tame ...

These strong chemical bonds help PFAS resist degradation ... widespread contamination these substances cause. PFAS compounds have carbon-fluorine bonds, one of the strongest in chemistry.

CU Boulder chemist Niels Damrauer and his research colleagues use visible light to break environmentally persistent carbon-fluorine bonds in PFAS The strength of the bond between ... “forever” in ...