Swarts fluorination

noun

A process whereby the chlorine atoms in a compound are replaced with fluorine, by treatment with antimony trifluoride in the presence of chlorine or of antimony pentachloride.

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nounSwarts fluorination (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA process whereby the chlorine atoms in a compound are replaced with fluorine, by treatment with antimony trifluoride in the presence of chlorine or of antimony pentachloride.

Origin

First described by Frédéric Jean Edmond Swarts in 1892.

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