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ArticleChemical science2015

Repurposing of oxazolone chemistry: gaining access to functionalized graphene nanosheets in a top-down approach from graphite.

Giulia Neri, Angela Scala, Enza Fazio, Placido G Mineo, Antonio Rescifina, Anna Piperno, Giovanni Grassi

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Article in Chemical science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Giulia NeriDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche , Università di Messina , Viale Ferdinando Stagno D'Alcontres 31 , 98166 Messina , Italy . Email: apiperno@unime.it ; ; Tel: +39 0906765173.
Angela ScalaDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche , Università di Messina , Viale Ferdinando Stagno D'Alcontres 31 , 98166 Messina , Italy . Email: apiperno@unime.it ; ; Tel: +39 0906765173.
Enza FazioDipartimento di Fisica e di Scienze della Terra , Università di Messina , V.le F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31 , 98166 Messina , Italy.
Placido G MineoDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche , Università di Catania , V.le A. Doria 6 , 95125 Catania , Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3382-9272
Antonio RescifinaDipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco , Università di Catania , V.le A. Doria 6 , 95125 Catania , Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5039-2151
Anna PipernoDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche , Università di Messina , Viale Ferdinando Stagno D'Alcontres 31 , 98166 Messina , Italy . Email: apiperno@unime.it ; ; Tel: +39 0906765173.ORCID 0000-0001-6004-5196
Giovanni GrassiDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche , Università di Messina , Viale Ferdinando Stagno D'Alcontres 31 , 98166 Messina , Italy . Email: apiperno@unime.it ; ; Tel: +39 0906765173.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solvent-free 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition (1,3-DC) reactions between graphite flakes and mesoionic oxazolones were carried out by heating the resulting solid mixture at mild temperatures (70-120 °C). The direct functionalization and delamination of graphite flakes into few layers of graphene nanosheets was confirmed by micro-Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies, scanning transmission electron microscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The 1,3-DC reactions of mesoionic dipoles have been investigated with density functional theory to model graphene, exploring three different pathways: center, corner and edge. These theoretical calculations highlighted that the 1,3-DC reaction can proceed both through a concerted mechanism competing with a stepwise one involving a zwitterionic intermediate. The irreversible decarboxylation inherent in the last step justifies the high degree of functionalization experimentally observed, representing the driving force of the process.

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