Clean chlorination of silica surfaces by a single-site substitution approach

Niladri Maity, Samir Barman, Edy Abou-Hamad, Valerio D'Elia*, Jean Marie Basset

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Abstract

A chlorination method for the selective substitution of well-defined isolated silanol groups of the silica surface has been developed using the catalytic Appel reaction. Spectroscopic analysis, complemented by elemental microanalysis studies, reveals that a quantitative chlorination could be achieved with highly dehydroxylated silica materials that exclusively possess non-hydrogen bonded silanol groups. The employed method did not leave any carbon or phosphorus residue on the silica surface and can be regarded as a promising tool for the future functionalization of metal oxide surfaces.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4301-4306
Number of pages6
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume47
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The research was supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. V.D.E. thanks the Thailand Research Fund (Grant No. RSA6080059) for supporting this research.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Inorganic Chemistry

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