Additions and Corrections

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Correction to Improved Synthesis of Graphene

Oxide
Daniela C. Marcano, Dmitry V. Kosynkin, Jacob M. Berlin, Alexander Sinitskii, Zhengzong Sun,
Alexander S. Slesarev, Lawrence B. Alemany, Wei Lu, and James M. Tour*
ACS Nano 2010, 4 (8), 4806−4814. DOI: 10.1021/nn1006368.

I n the Experimental Procedures section, the order of

addition of reagents in the description of the improved
method is incorrect. The correct procedure is as follows:
for the improved method, KMnO4 (18.0 g, 6 wt equiv) was
slowly added in 6 equal portions to a 9:1 mixture of
concentrated H2SO4/H3PO4 (360:40 mL) and graphite flakes
(3.0 g, 1 wt equiv), producing a slight exotherm that should not
exceed 35−40 °C. The reaction was then heated to 50 °C and
stirred for 12 h. The reaction was cooled to room temperature
and poured onto ice (400 mL) containing 30% H2O2 (3 mL).
This correction is important because, in the instances where
there would be different addition order, the KMnO4 might be
in high concentration in the acid mixture, and this can become
explosive.

Received: January 5, 2018

© XXXX American Chemical Society A DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b00128

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