Ion–molecule reactions elucidate bond dissociation energies of elementary molecules like YbOH+ and YbF+. Observed tentatively suggest similar bonding in lanthanide hydroxides fluorides, definitely a need for further inquiry.

A new naked-eye chromogenic chemosensor based on 2-thiohydantoin shows high selectivity for fluoride ions and is used to develop a test paper for detection of fluoride ions in the solid state.

A novel silver(I)-fluoride-mediated homocoupling reaction of β,β-difluorostyrene derivatives is described. The transformation is initiated via nucleophilic addition of silver(I) fluoride to β,β-difluorostyrenes, which is followed by dimerization of the corresponding benzylsilver intermediates. The reaction shows good substrate scope, functional group tolerance, and represents the first report o...

The air and moisture stable fluoroiodane 8, readily prepared on a 6 g scale by nucleophilic fluorination of the hydroxyiodane 7 with TREAT-HF, has been used as an electrophilic fluorinating reagent for the first time to monofluorinate 1,3-ketoesters and difluorinate 1,3-diketones in good isolated yields.

To optimize the efficiency and safety of molten salt-based energy applications, accurate salt thermophysical property data are required. For fluorides, existing thermal conductivity results have large uncertainties contradict current theory by eliciting a positive temperature coefficient. Transient grating spectroscopy (TGS), technique previously deemed reliable theoretical community, has been ...

Sodium rare earth fluorides, NaREF4 (RE = earth), are used as luminescent materials for light emission and biomedical applications important compositions extracting separating RE elements. Solution calorimetric measurements of a series ?-structured (Na1.5RE1.5F6) phases with various elements determined their heats formation. Though the lattice contracts from to heavy elements, compounds show mo...

We use a new compilation of global denudation estimates from cosmogenic nuclides to calculate the apportionment and the sum of all sediment produced on Earth by extrapolation of a statistically significant correlation between denudation rates and basin slopes to watersheds without denudation rate data. This robust relationship can explain approximately half of the variance in denudation from qu...

PhSCF2SiMe3 () underwent fluoride-catalyzed nucleophilic addition to the carbonyl group of anhydrides to provide the corresponding γ-difluoro(phenylsulfanyl)methyl γ-lactols, which were employed for the synthesis of γ-difluoromethylated γ-lactams.

A novel colorimetric and fluorescent chemosensor ADDTU-1 bearing dual receptor sites, which shows specific optical signaling for AcO-, H2PO4-, and F- over other anions and dual response toward AcO- and F- via PET and ICT mechanisms, is described. [structure: see text]