Copper-mediated reductive dechlorination by green rust intercalated with dodecanoate.

A layered Fe-Fe hydroxide (green rust, GR) was intercalated with dodecanoate (known as GR) and then amended with Cu (GR(Cu)) before reaction with chloroform (CF), carbon tetrachloride (CT), trichloroethylene (TCE) or tetrachloroethylene (PCE). Reduction of CT by GR(Cu) was 37 times faster than with GR alone before the active Cu species was consumed. The Cu mediated reaction followed the dichloroelimination pathway as observed for GR alone, with carbon monoxide (82.

Efficient Graphene Production by Combined Bipolar Electrochemical Intercalation and High-Shear Exfoliation.

In this study, we demonstrate that bipolar electrochemistry is a viable strategy for "wireless" electrochemical intercalation of graphite flakes and further large-scale production of high-quality graphene suspensions. Expansion of the graphite layers leads to a dramatic 20-fold increase in the yield of high-shear exfoliation. Large graphite flakes, which do not produce graphene upon high shear if left untreated, are exfoliated in a yield of 16.

Controlled electrochemical carboxylation of graphene to create a versatile chemical platform for further functionalization.

An electrochemical approach is introduced for the versatile carboxylation of multi-layered graphene in 0.1 M Bu4NBF4/MeCN. First, the graphene substrate (i.