a Chemistry Department of Natural Sciences Faculty, University of Prishtina, rr. “Nëna Tereze” nr. 5, Prishtina, Kosovo b Laboratoire Environnement et Chimie Analytique, CNRS-ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
Abstract:
Hydroxyl ions react with diazonium salts to give transient diazohydroxides, which are deprotonated to diazoates. The latter react spontaneously with Fe and Au to give surfaces modified with aryl groups. These surfaces are characterized by XPS and IR spectroscopies. The mechanism involves the homolytic reduction of the diazoate to give a radical that binds to the substrate.