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`Properties
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`Production
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`Uses
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`Compiled by Robert D. Ashford
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`Ashford’s Dictionary of Industrial Chemicals:
`Properties, Production, Uses
`|. Ashford, Robert D.
`661.003
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`FLUOBORIC ACID
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`Production:
`e 2-amino-5-chloro-2’-fluorobenzophenone + dimethyl
`sulphate + chloroacetyl chloride + ammonia
`(methylation/dechlorination/amide formation/
`condensation/nitration)
`Uses: hypnotic drug
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`fluoboric acid
`fluoroboric acid; tetrafluoroboric acid; [16872-11-0]
`HBF,
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`H|B,F,. M: 87.81. Colourless liquid. BP: 130°C with
`decomposition. Miscible with water forming strongly
`acidic solutions. Miscible with alcohol.
`Production:
`° boric acid + hydrofluoric acid (salt formation)
`Derivatives:
`ammonium fluoborate; copper fluoborate; ferrous fluo-
`borate;
`nickel
`fluoroborate;
`potassium fluoborate,
`sodium fluoborate; stannous fluoroborate; zinc fluo-
`borate
`Uses: esterification/acetal formation catalyst; electro-
`plating bath additive; etchant
`(semiconductor manu-
`facture); hot-rolled steel pickling agent; azoic dye
`diazo component salts; aluminium surface treatment
`reagent
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`fluocinonide
`[356-12-7]
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`fluoranthene
`1,2-benzacenaphthene; [206-44-0]
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`C,Hip. M: 202.26. Pale yellow crystals. MP: 111°C.
`BP: 375-385°C. d: 1.20 kg/l (0°C). Insoluble in water.
`Production:
`e anthracene oil (fractionation; byproduct of
`anthracene production)
`Uses:
`fluorescent dyestuffs intermediate
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`fluorene
`[86-73-7]
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`Ce
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`C,3H\). M: 166.22. White flakes. MP: 112-115°C. BP:
`295°C. Insoluble in water. Soluble in oxygenated and
`aromatic solvents.
`Production:
`° fluorene oil (fractionation; coproduced with
`acenaphthene/diphenylene oxide)
`Derivatives: fluorenone
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`CH3
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`fluorene oil
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`CHoeH,c40
`Narrow-cut, coal-tar fraction with a boiling range: 290-
`305°C.
`Production:
`e coal tar, crude (alkali extraction/fractionation;
`coproduced with tar acid liquor/naphthalene
`fraction/anthracene oil/coal tar pitch/light oil/
`carbolic oil/creosote oil)
`Derivatives:
`acenaphthene; diphenylene oxide; fluorene
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`eee
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`oO
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`i
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`X = -COCH,COOCH,. C,,H;,F,0;. M: 494.54.
`Production:
`° cortisone (multistep synthesis)
`Uses:
`antiinflammatory drug
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`fluometuron
`N-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-N’, N’-dimethylurea; Cotoran
`(FMC); [2164-17-2]
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`aC)nnce
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`CF,
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`C,oH,,F;N,0,. M: 232.20.
`Production:
`° m-aminobenzotrifluoride + dimethylcarbamoyl
`chloride (dehydrochlorination)
`Uses:
`herbicide
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`fluorenone
`9-fluorenone; [486-25-9]
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`ero)
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`Oo
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`C,;H,O,. M: 180.20. Solid. MP: 83°C. BP: 342°C. d:
`1.13 kg/l (100°C). Insoluble in water. Soluble in oxy-
`genated and aromatic solvents.
`Production:
`e fluorene (oxidation)
`Derivatives: 2-methyl-3-phenylbenzyl alcohol; 2,4,7-tri-
`nitrofluorenone
`Uses:
`reagent (Oppenauer oxidation)
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