Reversible sidewall functionalization of buckytubes

P. J. Boul; J. Liu; E. T. Mickelson; C. B. Huffman; L. M. Ericson; I. W. Chiang; K. A. Smith; D. T. Colbert; R. H. Hauge; J. L. Margrave; R. E. Smalley

doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(99)00713-7

Reversible sidewall functionalization of buckytubes

P. J. Boul^*, J. Liu, E. T. Mickelson, C. B. Huffman, L. M. Ericson, I. W. Chiang, K. A. Smith, D. T. Colbert, R. H. Hauge, J. L. Margrave, R. E. Smalley

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Abstract

Single-wall fullerene nanotubes have been made soluble in various organic solvents, including chloroform, methylene chloride, and tetrahydrofuran by covalently attaching alkanes to their sidewalls. Sidewall-alkylated nanotubes are obtained by reacting sidewall-fluorinated nanotubes with alkyl magnesium bromides in a Grignard synthesis or by reaction with alkyllithium precursors. Covalent attachment to the sidewalls was confirmed by UV-visible spectroscopy, which is also used to show that the alkane sidewall groups can be removed by oxidizing them in air to recover pristine nanotubes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	367-372
Number of pages	6
Journal	Chemical Physics Letters
Volume	310
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(99)00713-7
State	Published - 3 Sep 1999
Externally published	Yes

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