Organometallic polymers.
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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1979.
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| Online Access: | Link to ProQuest copy Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Abstract: | Potassium-graphite, a typical alkali metal-graphite intercalation compound, has been found to undergo reactions with organic substrates y both one-and two-electron processes. The reaction of weak protic acids like water and alcohols with C[subscript 8]K proceeds both by simple deprotonation of the protic acid by the Lewis base C[subscript]K to give a partially reduced graphite and by the reduction leading to the hydrogen formation. ESCA spectra of the graphite product of these reactions, titrations of the soluble based in these reactions of C[subscript 8]K and proton sources, and measurement of the amount of hydrogen evolved on reaction of C[subscript 8]K and an alcohol all suggest that the reactivity of C[subscript 8]K toward proton acids is substrate size dependent. In general, Lewis base abstraction of a proton by C[subscript 8]K seems to be more important with smaller alcohols. One-electron processes may be relatively more important in reactions of larger alcohols at the surface or edges of C[subscript 8]K. The acid-base chemistry of rubidium-graphite and cesium-graphite was shown to be similar to that observed for C[subscript 8]K. ... |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Chemistry." Typescript (photocopy). Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 95 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-94). |