Application

The incorporation of fluorine in agrochemical and pharmaceutical compounds is of high interest due to the ability to fine-tune the polarity, pKA-value, conformation and metabolic stability. Derived from a cis-selective hydrogenation developed by Glorius and co-workers, this fluorinated compound displays a diverse utility as a building block for chemical synthesis. All-cis-multifluorinated cyclohexanes are of great interest in material chemistry. All-cis-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexafluorocyclohexane, which has been referred to as “Janus-headed” molecule, is one of the most polar compounds known. Liquid crystalline materials are known applications for all-cis-multifluorinated cyclohexanes.