Fluorinated benzene cations

While some fluorinated benzene cations have been detected quite some time ago, usually by EPR spectroscopy, only in the last few years have their isolation and structural elucidation been advanced. The state of knowledge about di-cations is very limited.

Fluorine substitution in aromatic ring compounds stabilizes their cation radicals, so that in many cases isolation and full structural description became possible.Figure optionsDownload as PowerPoint slide