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Swarts fluorination

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Etymology

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First described by Frédéric Jean Edmond Swarts in 1892.

Noun

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Swarts fluorination (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) 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.