title: Facile sonochemical synthesis of graphite intercalation compounds.
abstract: [reaction: see text] Graphite intercalation compounds (GICs) are useful as powerful reducing agents in organic chemistry and are typically prepared by anaerobic solid-state reactions at high temperatures for 1-8 h. We have been able to prepare KC(8) in situ in toluene using ultrasound in less than 5 min. This allows for a convenient approach to reductive chemical syntheses involving GICs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA.
authors.forename: Jess E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Cheshire
authors.forename: Dominick J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Casadonte
authors.forename: Carol C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Phifer