Abstract
Benzene accommodated within the interlayer space of graphite-alkali metal (potassium and rubidium) intercalation compounds was found to be polymerized not only to biphenyl, but also to terphenyl and quaterphenyl, while only biphenyl was formed by the action of potassium or rubidium metal alone under the same conditions. The formation of higher oligomers of benzene in the interlayer space of graphite intercalation compounds is to be ascribed to the amphoteric nature of the compounds, which are capable of both donating and accepting electrons.
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