Edge-Functionalization of Pyrene as a Miniature Graphene via Friedel–Crafts Acylation Reaction in Poly(Phosphoric Acid)

Table 1 Empirical formula (EF), formula weight (FW), calculated and experimental elemental analysis of samples

Sample	EF	FW	Elemental analysis
Sample	EF	FW	C (%)	H (%)	O (%)
Pyrene	C₁₆H₁₀	202.25	95.02	4.98	0.00
Pyrene-g-(TMPBA)₁	C₃₂H₂₄O₂	440.54	87.25	5.49	7.26
Pyrene-g-(TMPBA)₂	C₄₈H₃₈O₄	678.82	84.93	5.64	9.43
Pyrene-g-(TMPBA)₃	C₆₄H₅₂O₆	917.11	83.82	5.71	10.47
Pyrene-g-(TMPBA)₄	C₈₀H₆₆O₈	1155.39	83.16	5.76	11.08
Pyrene-g-(TMPBA)₅	C₉₆H₈₀O₁₀	1393.68	82.73	5.79	11.48
Pyrene-g-(TMPBA)₆	C₁₁₂H₉₄O₁₂	1631.97	82.43	5.81	11.76
Pyrene-g-(TMPBA)₇	C₁₂₈H₁₀₈O₁₄	1870.25	82.20	5.82	11.98
Pyrene-g-(TMPBA)₈	C₁₄₄H₁₂₂O₁₆	2108.54	82.03	5.83	12.04
Pyrene-g-(TMPBA)₉	C₁₆₀H₁₃₆O₁₈	2346.82	81.89	5.84	12.27
Pyrene-g-(TMPBA)₁₀	C₁₇₆H₁₅₀O₂₀	2585.11	81.77	5.85	12.38
Pyrene-g-(TMPBA)_n	C_xH_yO_z	Found	84.69	5.25	7.58