Carborane functionalization of the aromatic network in chemically-synthesized graphene

Jan U Kahlert; Aditya Rawal; James M Hook; Louis M Rendina; Mohammad Choucair

doi:10.1039/c4cc04521a

Carborane functionalization of the aromatic network in chemically-synthesized graphene

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Oct 7;50(77):11332-4. doi: 10.1039/c4cc04521a.

Authors

Jan U Kahlert¹, Aditya Rawal, James M Hook, Louis M Rendina, Mohammad Choucair

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia. m.choucair@sydney.edu.au lou.rendina@sydney.edu.au.

PMID: 25116510
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc04521a

Abstract

The conjugated aromatic system of graphene was used to trap the reactive, boron-rich 1,2-carborane cluster. Functionalization of the graphene surface was confirmed by solid-state MAS (11)B NMR spectroscopy and quantified by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. This work represents the first confirmed example of direct functionalization of a graphene lattice with carboranes.