Clemson University TigerPrints All Dissertations Dissertations May 2019 The yS nthesis and Characterization of Novel Pentafluorosulfanyl-Containing Heterocycles and Pentafluorosulfanyldifluoromethane Steven Paul Belina Clemson University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_dissertations Recommended Citation Belina, Steven Paul, "The yS nthesis and Characterization of Novel Pentafluorosulfanyl-Containing Heterocycles and Pentafluorosulfanyldifluoromethane" (2019). All Dissertations. 2373. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/2373 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Dissertations at TigerPrints. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Dissertations by an authorized administrator of TigerPrints. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL PENTAFLUOROSULFANYL-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLES AND PENTAFLUOROSULFANYLDIFLUOROMETHANE A Dissertation Presented to the Graduate School of Clemson University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy Chemistry by Steven Paul Belina May 2019 Accepted by Joseph S. Thrasher, Ph.D., Committee Chair Julia L. Brumaghim, Ph.D. R. Karl Dieter, Ph.D. Joseph W. Kolis, Ph.D. Title Page ABSTRACT Beginning in the early 1960s, scientists began to experiment with the pentafluorosulfanyl moiety. The unique properties of the functional group has attracted interest among fluorine chemists and more recently even organic chemists. These properties include high group electronegativity, high steric bulk, high lipophilicity, a highly electron withdrawing nature, and a square pyramidal geometry. However, the development and deployment of the pentafluorosulfanyl functional group has been significantly slowed. The main cause for the slow development is a lack of easily available reagents to synthesize pentafluorosulfanyl-containing compounds. Historically, the primary reagents used for synthesizing pentafluorosulfanyl-containing compounds were SF5Cl and SF5Br.