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Dalton Trans. 2014 Nov 14;43(42):15713-8. doi: 10.1039/c4dt02160f.

Ultrasmall NHC-coated gold nanoparticles obtained through solvent free thermolysis of organometallic Au(i) complexes.

Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)

Julián Crespo, Yannick Guari, Alfonso Ibarra, Joulia Larionova, Tania Lasanta, Danielle Laurencin, José M López-de-Luzuriaga, Miguel Monge, M Elena Olmos, Sébastien Richeter

Affiliations

  1. Departamento de Química, Universidad de La Rioja, Centro de Investigación en Síntesis Química (CISQ). Complejo Científico-Tecnológico, 26004-Logroño, Spain. [email protected].

PMID: 25245422 DOI: 10.1039/c4dt02160f

Abstract

Ultrasmall gold nanoparticles (Au UNPs) represent a unique class of nanomaterials making them very attractive for certain applications. Herein, we developed an organometallic approach to the synthesis of Au UNPs stabilized with the C18H37-NHC ligand by the solvent free thermolysis of [RMIM][Au(C6F5)2] () or [Au(C6F5)(RNHC)] () (with R = C18H37-), by controlling the reactivity of pentafluorophenyl ligands as deprotonating or reductive elimination agents; Au UNPs can be achieved by solvent free thermolysis. Pentafluorophenyl Au(i) complexes and are synthesized from the corresponding ionic and neutral precursors. The presence of long alkyl chain imidazolium or carbene species in the complexes makes them to behave as isotropic liquids at moderate temperatures. The use of multinuclear NMR allows the description of the mechanism of formation of the UNPs as well as the surface state of the UNPs.

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