A facile and ecofriendly functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes by an old mesoionic compound

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Jul 11;48(54):6836-8. doi: 10.1039/c2cc31884a. Epub 2012 May 31.

Abstract

This work reports for the first time a straightforward solvent-free chemical procedure to gain access to Δ-1-pyrroline grafted onto multiwalled carbon nanotubes by the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the mesoionic 4-methyl-2-phenyloxazol-5(4H)-one.

MeSH terms

  • Azo Compounds / chemistry
  • Fullerenes / chemistry
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
  • Oxazolone / chemistry
  • Pyrroles / chemistry
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman
  • Thiosemicarbazones / chemistry

Substances

  • Azo Compounds
  • Fullerenes
  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Pyrroles
  • Thiosemicarbazones
  • azomethine
  • pristine (C60)
  • Oxazolone
  • pyrroline