Issue 44, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Graphene oxide as an acid catalyst for the room temperature ring opening of epoxides†

Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy,a   Mercedes Alvaro,a   Patricia Concepción,a   Vicente Fornésa  and  Hermenegildo Garcia*a  

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a Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Química CSIC-UPV and Departamento de Química, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Av. De los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
E-mail: hgarcia@qim.upv.es
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Abstract

The minute amount of hydrogen sulfate groups introduced into the graphene oxide (GO) obtained by Hummers oxidation of graphite renders this material as a highly efficient, recyclable acid catalyst for the ring opening of epoxides with methanol and other primary alcohols as nucleophile and solvent.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC31385E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Feb 2012
Accepted
10 Apr 2012
First published
11 Apr 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 5443-5445

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Graphene oxide as an acid catalyst for the room temperature ring opening of epoxides

A. Dhakshinamoorthy, M. Alvaro, P. Concepción, V. Fornés and H. Garcia, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 5443 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC31385E

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