[gungan]

Hi,

I want to use pyrene carboxyl acid with thionyl chloride to make pyrene acyl chloride.

I then want to attach this to a microscope slide that has a silane coupling agent with an amine group on the surface.

Would this be feasible and is it safe or are there possibly better ways to go?

This is the simplest way of attaching pyrene I have found so far.

I'm doing a PhD so I have access to a lab but I'm a mechanical engineer so we want to limit the chemistry as much as possible.

So again:
Is this difficult?
Is it safe?
Any precautions I need to take or can I just mix and go?

Many thanks!

[ooosh]

you mean you want to make some pyrene loaded on silica gel? I did some thing like that two years ago,i used a silican ( NH2CH2CH2CH2Si(OC2H5)3 )to conbine PAA(Polyacrylic acid) and silica gel.So ,i think you idea would be feasible.