Patent ID: 7875752

Claim:
A method for conducting a chemical reaction in a non-fluorous medium using at least one chemical reactant and a fluorous compound in the presence of a solid adsorbant containing a fluorous domain, the method comprising: contacting the fluorous compound and the at least one chemical reactant in the non-fluorous medium and in the presence of the solid adsorbant under conditions that form at least one product; and changing at least one reaction condition such that the solubility of the fluorous compound in the non-fluorous medium decreases and the amount of the fluorous compound absorbed on the fluorous domain of the solid adsorbant increases, wherein the changing at least one reaction condition is selected from the group consisting of adjusting a temperature, adjusting a solvent concentration, adding an additive, and combinations thereof, and wherein the fluorous compound comprises at least one fluorous moiety having a formula —(R) n (Rf) m , where R is independently, the same or different, a hydrocarbon moiety, Rf is independently, the same or different, a fluorous domain, n is an integer equal to at least 0, and m is an integer greater than 0, and wherein the chemical reaction is conducted in the absence of a fluorous solvent, and wherein the at least one product is a different chemical compound than the at least one chemical reactant and the fluorous compound.