Chemical modification of graphene oxide with carbethoxycarbene under microwave irradiation

The structure of graphene oxide (GO) enables it to act as the olefin in cyclopropanation reaction with ethyl diazoacetate (EDA) under microwave irradiation. This versatile synthetic method offers a powerful method for the rapid chemical modification of GO. The attachment of carbethoxycarbene (CEC) to GO was confirmed by the results of FTIR, XPS, Raman, and UV–vis analysis.