Sulfur fluoride exchange—a powerful new reaction for click chemistry
Monday, September 1, 2014 - 09:00
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —The coupling of molecular building blocks nearly as easy as "snapping" them together can be realized by means of the "click chemistry" tool kit. American scientists have now introduced another achievement for the click concept in the journal Angewandte Chemie: the sulfur fluoride exchange reaction (SuFEx) can be used to form robust inorganic bridges between carbon centers and opens up a fully unexplored area of chemistry with countless new molecules that could form the basis for new drugs, diagnostics, plastics, "intelligent" materials, and many other products.