Fluoroethyl is an organofluorine functional group in chemistry. Its formula is R−CH₂CH₂F.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Liang, Theresa; Neumann, Constanze N.; Ritter, Tobias (2013-08-05). "Introduction of fluorine and fluorine-containing functional groups". Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 52 (32): 8214–8264. doi:10.1002/anie.201206566. ISSN 1521-3773. PMID 23873766.
^ Inoue, Munenori; Sumii, Yuji; Shibata, Norio (2020-05-19). "Contribution of Organofluorine Compounds to Pharmaceuticals". ACS Omega. 5 (19): 10633–10640. doi:10.1021/acsomega.0c00830. ISSN 2470-1343. PMC 7240833. PMID 32455181.

Only carbon,
hydrogen,
and oxygen
(only C, H and O)

R-O-R	Acetal Alkoxy Methoxy Ether Enol ether Epoxide Peroxy Hydroperoxy Dioxiranes Ethylenedioxy Alcohol Methylenedioxy
carbonyl	Acyl Acetyl Acryloyl Benzoyl Aldehyde Ketene Ketone Ynone
carboxy	Carboxyl Acetoxy Anhydride Ester Orthoester

Only one
element,
not being
carbon,
hydrogen,
or oxygen
(one element,
not C, H or O)

Nitrogen	Amine Enamine Ammonium Hydrazo Nitrene Imine Oxime Hydrazone Azo Amide Imidate Amidine Carbamate Imide Nitrile Isonitrile Cyanate Isocyanate Nitrate Nitrite Nitro Nitroso
Phosphorus	Phosphate Phosphodiester Phosphonate Phosphite Phosphonous Phosphinate Phosphine oxide Phosphine Phosphonium Phosphaalkene Phosphaalkyne Phosphaallene
Sulfur	Thiol Sulfide Sulfonium Persulfide Disulfide Sulfenic acid Thiosulfinate Sulfoxide Thiosulfonate Sulfinic acid Sulfone Sulfonic acid Thioketone Thial Thioester Thionoester Thioxanthate Xanthate
Boron	Boronic acid
Selenium	Selenol Selenonic acid Seleninic acid Selenenic acid Selone
Tellurium	Tellurol Telluroketone
Halo	Haloalkane Fluoroethyl Trifluoromethyl Trichloromethyl Trifluoromethoxy Hypervalent iodine Vinyl halide Iodide Acyl halide Chloride Perchlorate

Other

See also

chemical classification

chemical nomenclature