Diels–Alder addition to fluorinated single walled carbon nanotubes

Abstract
Fluorinated single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) undergo a facile Diels–Alder [4 + 2] cycloaddition with a range of dienes resulting in a C ∶ substituent ratio between 20 ∶ 1 to 32 ∶ 1; IR, Raman, AFM and 13C NMR characterization are consistent with sidewall functionalization.