How Fluorine Substituents Strengthen Aryl C-H Bonds

Daniel Oliveira; Daniela Rodrigues Silva; Ataualpa A. C. Braga; Célia Fonseca Guerra; Robin Perutz; Odile Eisenstein; F. Matthias Bickelhaupt

doi:10.1039/d6sc01846g

January 1, 2026Chemical ScienceOpen Access

How Fluorine Substituents Strengthen Aryl C-H Bonds

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This research examines how fluorine substituents influence the strength of aromatic C-H bonds by analyzing bond dissociation energies.
Quantitative analysis of the bond dissociation energies of fluorinated benzenes C6R5H where R can be H or F.
Utilized Kohn-Sham molecular modeling techniques to assess bond strengths.
Fluorine substitution leads to increased bond dissociation energies for C-H bonds in fluorinated benzenes.
Demonstrated a clear correlation between the number of fluorine substituents and the strength of the aromatic C-H bonds.

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We have investigated the nature and bond dissociation energies (BDEs) of the aromatic C–H bonds in fluorinated benzenes C6R5H (each R can be H or F) using quantitative Kohn-Sham molecular...

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