Hypervalent Sulfur Fluorides and the Design of Liquid Crystals

Peer Kirsch; Matthias Bremer

doi:10.2533/chimia.2014.363

Hypervalent Sulfur Fluorides and the Design of Liquid Crystals

Authors

Peer Kirsch Merck KGaA, Liquid Crystals R&D Chemistry Frankfurter Str. 250, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany. peer.kirsch@merckgroup.com
Matthias Bremer Merck KGaA, Liquid Crystals R&D Chemistry Frankfurter Str. 250, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany. matthias.bremer@merckgroup.com

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2014.363

Keywords:

Direct fluorination, Fluorine chemistry, Hypervalent sulfur fluorides, Quantum chemistry, Substituent effects

Abstract

Hypervalent sulfur fluorides are providing functional materials – such as liquid crystals – with unique physicochemical properties and new geometric structural elements.