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Unlocking the high-performance potential of CF₃SF₄
- January 31, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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Fluorine has changed the world of medicine. You might not see it, but newly approved drugs contain at least one fluorine atom. This tiny but powerful element is the "hidden engine" that makes our medications more stable and effective. Over the past decades, chemists have turned the trifluoromethyl (CF3) group into the "gold standard" in organic chemistry.
Originally published at Phys.org