The excitement of the chemistry of organofluorine compounds stems from the unique reactions that arise and the "special effects" that introduction of fluorine impart on a molecule. Indeed, these effects are now exploited in a remarkable array of applications the whole of the chemical, pharmaceutical, and plant-protection industries. In this two-volume set, we have gathered authors with immense experience in various aspects of their fields and each is a world-authority on the important topics which they have described. The first volume treats the chemistry of fluorinated alkenes, which are important "building-blocks" for the synthesis of a range of fluorinated systems and are used widely in industry. The second volume is directed to techniques and synthons for obtaining fluorinated compounds. TOC:1. J. Hutchinson and G. Sandford; Elemental Fluorine in Organic Chemistry.- 2. D.J. Burton and L. Lu; Fluorinated Organometallic Compounds.- 3. T. Kitazume and T. Yamazaki; Enzymatically Controlled Reactions of Organofluorine Compounds.- 4. J.M. Percy; Building Block Approaches to Aliphatic Organofluorine Compounds.- 5. F.G. Drakesmith; Electrofluorination of Organic Compounds
