Article | REF: J6330 V1

Fluoroalcanes

Author: Sylvain PERDRIEUX

Publication date: March 10, 2008

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1. Special nomenclature

Fluoroalkanes are more or less fluorinated derivatives of the corresponding chloroalkanes (mainly chloroethanes and chloromethanes).

They are generally designated by the letter R (for "refrigerant"), sometimes by the letter F (for "fluorocarbon"), followed by a code number obtained in the following way:

  • the units correspond to the number of fluorine atoms in the molecule;

  • the tens digit corresponds to the number of hydrogen atoms plus one;

  • the hundreds digit corresponds to the number of carbon atoms minus one.

Example

R22 designates difluorochloromethane or CHClF 2 .

These rules are supplemented...

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