Purp-[N.sub.3] (2a) and 5FU-[N.sub.3] (2b) were covalently anchored to MWCNTs using
nitrene chemistry yielding MWCNT>N-Purp (3aa) and MWCNT>N-5FU (3ab), respectively (Figure 3).
The decomposition reaction of aromatic sulfonyl azides when irradiated with UV light produces nitrogen gas and the
nitrene diradical.
Arrey's research interests include: (1) Chemical Education--Organic Chemistry and Methods of Learning and Teaching, (2) Synthesis, Characterization, Computational, and Reactivity of heterocyclic Carbene, Diazirine and
Nitrene molecules.
SIMPLIFIED CADOGAN REACTION BY MICROWAVE ENHANCED
NITRENE CHEMISTRY
Chemists from the US, Mexico, Europe, and China who specialize in
nitrene chemistry highlight how spectroscopy and calculations have been used to characterize various
nitrene intermediates since the previous monograph on them appeared three decades ago.
After setting out principles and practice, they cover the photogeneration of carbon-centered radicals, heteroatom-centered radicals, biradicals and radical pairs, radical ions, carbocations and carbanions, and cargenes and
nitrenes. A final chapter describes how to manipulate intermediates the photochemical way.
In order to get functionalized with these active molecules, CNTs allow side-wall covalent attachment of functional groups by the addition of radicals, nucleophilic carbenes,
nitrenes, nucleophilic cyclopropanation, and electrophiles [79, 83, 84].
Whelan et al., "Functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes with (R-)oxycarbonyl
nitrenes," Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol.
When heated, the azides decompose, forming
nitrenes, which are easily inserted into the C-H bonds, forming amines or amides.