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Chemical Communications

Preparation and characterization of soluble carbon nano-onions by covalent functionalization, employing a Na–K alloy†

Agustín Molina-Ontoria,a   Manuel N. Chaur,b   Marta E. Plonska-Brzezinskac  and  Luis Echegoyen*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
E-mail: echegoyen@utep.edu

b Departamento de Química, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
E-mail: manuel.chaur@correounivalle.edu.co

c Institute of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Hurtowa 1, 15-399 Bialystok, Poland
E-mail: mplonska@uwb.edu.pl
Fax: +48 85-747-0113

Abstract

Herein we report the preparation of truly soluble CNOs by covalent functionalization with hexadecyl chains. These compounds are prepared in two steps: first, reduction of CNOs with a Na–K alloy in 1,2-DME under vacuum, followed by nucleophilic substitution employing 1-bromohexadecane.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC39077B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Dec 2012
Accepted
04 Feb 2013
First published
06 Feb 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 2406-2408

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Preparation and characterization of soluble carbon nano-onions by covalent functionalization, employing a Na–K alloy

A. Molina-Ontoria, M. N. Chaur, M. E. Plonska-Brzezinska and L. Echegoyen, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 2406 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC39077B

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