Turning Teflon Residues into Valuable Pharmaceuticals (IMAGE)

Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ)

Turning Teflon Residues into Valuable Pharmaceuticals

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A new process offers a sustainable alternative to the preparation of valuable pharmaceuticals (i.e. Prozac®) and agrochemicals from fluoroform, a sub-product obtained when preparing Teflon.

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