Ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) scaffolds were covalently modified with primary amine groups by means of oxidation-coupling, yielding C-O-C bonds, or organometallic activation-coupling, yielding C-C bonds. The aminated OMCs were stressed by immersion in either 1 M hydrochloric acid or 1 M sodium hydroxide solutions at room temperature for 6 h and characterized by nitrogen sorption, electron microscopy, low-angle X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, and the 4-nitrobenzaldehyde assay. Results demonstrate that aminated surfaces of OMC by butyllithium grafting are stable toward both 1 M HCl and 1 M NaOH, whereas the oxidation-aminated OMC surfaces can withstand 1 M NaOH only. This study illustrates the importance of chemical testing to supplant chemical intuition when tailoring carbon surfaces for applications where strong acids or bases are employed. This is especially emphasized for carbonaceous materials because of the surface heterogeneity among different carbon allotropes.
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