Together they investigated the vibrational spectra of fluorocarbons and fluorinated hydrocarbons.
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The use of flammable ether was displaced by nonflammable fluorinated hydrocarbon anesthetics.
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He proceeded to synthesise a variety of fluorinated hydrocarbons before evaluating them for anaesthetic properties.
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:Fluorinated hydrocarbons are usually hydrophobic, despite the strong polarity of the C-F bonds . ( Not giving a link to sources because there are really too many : just searching keywords like " polar hydrophobicity fluorinated " in Google or Google Scholar throws up several good ones . ) This isn't just polymers like Teflon but also smaller molecules like perfluorooctane, which is actually even more hydrophobic than octane itself.