Carboxylation and Decarboxylation of Aluminum Oxide Nanoparticles Using Bifunctional Carboxylic Acids and Octylamine

Figure 1

Carboxylic acids with various functional groups: (a) lysine (: 2.18, 8.95, 10.53), (b) p-hydroxybenzoic acid (: 4.57, 9.46), (c) fumaric acid (: 3.03, 4.38), (d) 4-formylbenzoic acid (: 3.84), and (e) octylamine (: 10.65).

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