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Chemical Applications of Fluorous Reagents and Scavengers

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Fluorous modified reagents and scavengers have been widely used in the synthesis of small molecules and small molecule libraries. This chapter highlights some of those applications based on type of transformation and reagent or scavenger.

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Yu, M.S. (2011). Chemical Applications of Fluorous Reagents and Scavengers. In: Horváth, I. (eds) Fluorous Chemistry. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 308. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/128_2011_264

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