ABSTRACT
Graphene modern technology can be divided into two independent domains: low performance and high performance. A large variety of cyclohexanoid structures greatly complicates the formation of regularly structured graphene derivatives, in general, which is why the regular structure of graphene polyderivatives should be considered a very rare event. Serious postfactum caused by the chemical modification is not limited to peculiar physical properties of graphene crystal but plays a significant role in the chemical behavior of the substance. The stepwise oxidation is followed by the gradual substitution of the sp2-configured carbon atoms by sp3 ones. Two-zone chemical reactivity of the graphene molecule causes the two-stage character of the oxidation. The energy needed for each step of the second-stage oxidation decreases about three times for all the oxidants, indicating that the oxidant coupling with the basal atoms is much weaker in comparison with the interaction occurred at the edge atoms.
