User talk:NanoLlama

Good Day, I am currently studying around fields pertaining to Nanoscience, and am wondering if anyone can answer to me an important question which has confused me for some time, I read in a paper, (Huaming Li et al, "Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Well Defined Polystyrene Click Coupling", JACS 2005) that during the sidewall chemical modification of cabon nanotubes, in the presence of amyl nitrite as a catalyst, the p-aminophenyl propargyl ether molecule loses the amine and in its place a carbon carbon bond is formed to the SWNT at a sidewall postion. My question is... How does the Isoamyl Nitrite catalyst facilitate the creation carbon-carbon bond at the side wall postion, when it has been much better documented that chemical modification of SWNT's occurs at ends and defect sites? Mechanism perhaps? Some input would be appreciated as I intend on reaserching this further.

NanoLlama 16:43, 25 May 2006 (UTC)