title: Polar alicyclic rings: synthesis and structure of all cis-1,2,3,4-tetrafluorocyclopentane.
abstract: The all-cis isomer of 1,2,3,4-tetrafluorocyclopentane is prepared and characterised by NMR and X-ray crystallography and the experimental structure compared with theory. The structure has a similarly high polarity to all-cis tetrafluorocyclohexanes despite the increased conformational flexibility of a cyclopentane.
authors.affiliation: University of St Andrews, School of Chemistry and Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, UK. do1@st-andrews.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Zeguo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Nawaf
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Al-Maharik
authors.forename: Alexandra M Z
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Slawin
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bühl
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Hagan
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D003517:Cyclopentanes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D006845:Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation
chemical_list: D003517:Cyclopentanes; D006845:Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated