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    In 1991 Vogt M defended a PhD thesis entitled “The application of perfluorinated polyethers for the immobilization of homogeneous catalysts,” Rheinisch-Wesfälischen Technischen Hochschule, Aachen, Germany. Results from this work were published in 1999. See [8].

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I wish to warmly thank all my coworkers who actively participated to the fluorous chemistry program. The CNRS, the University of Bordeaux, the Région Aquitaine and the Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche are gratefully acknowledge for their financial support.

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Vincent, JM. (2011). Fluorous Catalysis: From the Origin to Recent Advances. In: Horváth, I. (eds) Fluorous Chemistry. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 308. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/128_2011_241

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