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Unique Properties of Fluorine and their Relevance to Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology

  • Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
  • Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

138 Scopus citations
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFluorine in Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Pages1-46
Number of pages46
ISBN (Print)9781405167208
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 21 2009

Keywords

  • Fluorine in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology
  • High electrophilicity of fluoroalkyl carbonyl moieties
  • Huge successes of fluorine-containing drugs - stimulating research on fluorine in medicinal chemistry for drug discovery
  • In vivo 19 F magnetic resonance spectroscopy
  • Inductive effect of fluorine and fluorine-containing groups
  • Mimic effect and block effect
  • Orthogonal multipolar C-F bond-protein interactions
  • Two fluorine-containing drugs
  • Unique properties of fluorine and their relevance

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