Fluorinated carboxylic acids as powerful building blocks for the formation of bimolecular monolayers

Harry Pinfold, Christopher Greenland, Graham Pattison, Giovanni Costantini

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Abstract

We compare the ability of a prototypical dicarboxylic acid and its fluorinated analogue to act as molecular building blocks for the formation of self-assembled monolayers. Whilst fluorination is found to prevent homomolecular self-assembly, it greatly increases the ability of the carboxylic acid to act as a hydrogen bond donor for the formation of bimolecular networks.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)125-128
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume56
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Nov 2019

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