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perfluorobutyric acid

under Fluorocarbons
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More on Fluorocarbons Definition: Liquid perfluorinated carbon compounds which may or may not contain a hetero atom such as nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, but do not contain another halogen or hydrogen atom. This concept includes fluorocarbon emulsions and fluorocarbon blood substitutes.  do not confuse with HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED or CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS or TELOMERE    Other names Perfluorocarbons; Fluorocarbon Emulsions; Telomer Alcohols, Polyfluorinated; Telomer Alcohols, Fluorinated; Fluorocarbons, Telomer; Fluoro Telomer Alcohols; Emulsions, Fluorocarbon; Alcohols, Polyfluorinated Telomer; Alcohols, Fluoro-Telomer; Alcohols, Fluorinated Telomer; Telomer Fluorocarbons; Polyfluorinated Telomer Alcohols; Fluoro-Telomer Alcohols; Fluorinated Telomer Alcohols
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
perfluorobutyric acid [ heptafluorobutyric acid,perfluorobutanoic acid,perfluorobutyrate,perfluorobutyric acid, potassium salt,perfluorobutyric acid, silver (1+) salt,perfluorobutyric acid, sodium salt ]
  ion pairing reagent; RN given refers to parent cpd
375-22-4   *Fluorocarbons
Pharma Action Indicators and Reagents
Int J Pept Protein Res 1981;18(2):214

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