The Synthesis of Some Fluorine Derivatives as Potential Scintillation Solutes

Author

Martin Dennis Barnett

Publication Date

10-10-1958

Abstract

In connection with work being carried out, in part, by the Biomedical Research Group, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, on the evaluation of organic compounds as solutes in liquid scintillation detector systems, it seemed of interest to investigate the liquid scintillation properties of fluorine analogues of p-terphenyl and p-quaterphenyl. These compounds have been shown to possess remarkable scintillation properties; however, the use of p-quaterphenyl has been severely curtailed by its low solubility in toluene. Accordingly, the synthesis of a number of 2- and 2,7-substituted fluorines was carried out in an effort to obtain a more soluble, completely conjugated aromatic system and to learn what effect, if any, the presence of a methylene bridge would have on the scintillation properties of the molecule.

Project Sponsors

Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Chemistry

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

First Committee Member (Chair)

Guido Herman Daub

Second Committee Member

Donald G. Ott

Third Committee Member

Milton Kahn

Fourth Committee Member

Jesse LeRoy Riebsomer

Recommended Citation

Barnett, Martin Dennis. "The Synthesis of Some Fluorine Derivatives as Potential Scintillation Solutes." (1958). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/chem_etds/114