H. Sawada et al., SYNTHESIS AND SURFACTANT PROPERTIES OF NOVEL AMPHIPHILIC FLUORINATED SILICON OLIGOMERS CONTAINING CARBOXY GROUPS, Langmuir, 10(4), 1994, pp. 994-995
New fluorinated silicon oligomers containing carboxy groups were prepa
red by the reactions of fluoroalkanoyl peroxides with acrylic acid and
trimethylvinylsilane. These fluorinated silicon oligomers were found
to indicate surface properties typical of the amphiphilic compounds an
d to be easily soluble in both water and aromatic solvents such as ben
zene, toluene, and m-xylene. Moreover, these oligomers were able to re
duce the surface tension of these solvents effectively.