“…Furthermore, the synthesis methods of organofluorine chemicals are intensively studied [37] due to their various applications in medicine, chemistry, and agriculture. Organofluorine compounds are used for treating bacterial (e.g., fluoroquinolones), fungal (fluconazole, flucytosine), and viral (e.g., clevudine for hepatitis B, efavirenz for HIV infection) infections, malaria (mefloquine), cancer (e.g., 5-fluorouracil, a thymidylate synthase inhibitor, floxuridine, an antimetabolite in the treatment of colorectal cancer, bicalutamide, a nonsteroidal anti-androgen, flutamide with anti-androgen properties), diabetes (tolrestat, an aldose reductase inhibitor used in diabetic complications, sitagliptin, a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor), superficial or systemic hypercholesterolemia (atorvastatin, an inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA reductase, torcetrapib, a cholesterylester transfer protein inhibitor), asthma and allergic rhinitis (fluticasone propionate), glaucoma (travoprost, tafluprost), and depression (e.g., fluoxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor), as well as for maintenance of general anesthesia (desflurane).…”