Issue 41, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Functionalization of graphene by electrophilic alkylation of reduced graphite†

Jan M. Englert,a   Kathrin C. Knirsch,a   Christoph Dotzer,a   Benjamin Butz,b   Frank Hauke,a   Erdmann Spieckerb  and  Andreas Hirsch*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy and Institute of Advanced Materials and Processes (ZMP), University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 42, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
E-mail: andreas.hirsch@chemie.uni-erlangen.de
Fax: +49 9131 85 26864
Tel: +49 9131 85 22537

b Center of Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM), Department of Materials Science, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstrasse 6, 91058 Erlangen, Germany

Abstract

The reaction of Na/K-reduced graphite with hexyliodide represents a new, versatile and mild approach to synthesize alkylated graphene derivatives, which were characterized by a combination of Raman spectroscopy, TEM and TGA/MS analysis.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC31181J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Feb 2012
Accepted
30 Mar 2012
First published
02 Apr 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 5025-5027

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Functionalization of graphene by electrophilic alkylation of reduced graphite

J. M. Englert, K. C. Knirsch, C. Dotzer, B. Butz, F. Hauke, E. Spiecker and A. Hirsch, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 5025 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC31181J

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