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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2015 Aug 17;54(34):9866-70. doi: 10.1002/anie.201503269. Epub 2015 Jul 15.

Sodium-Naphthalenide-Driven Synthesis of Base-Metal Nanoparticles and Follow-up Reactions.

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

Christian Schöttle, Pascal Bockstaller, Radian Popescu, Dagmar Gerthsen, Claus Feldmann

Affiliations

  1. Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstrasse 15, 76131 Karlsruhe (Germany).
  2. Laboratorium für Elektronenmikroskopie, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstrasse 7, 76131 Karlsruhe (Germany).
  3. Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstrasse 15, 76131 Karlsruhe (Germany). [email protected].

PMID: 26190645 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201503269

Abstract

Mo(0), W(0), Fe(0), Ru(0), Re(0), and Zn(0) nanoparticles—essentially base metals—are prepared as a general strategy by a sodium naphthalenide ([NaNaph])-driven reduction of simple metal chlorides in ethers (1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME), tetrahydrofuran (THF)). All the nanoparticles have diameters ≤10 nm, and they can be obtained either as powder samples or long-term stable suspensions. Direct follow-up reactions (e.g., Mo(0)+S8, FeCl3+AsCl3, ReCl5+MoCl5), moreover, allow the preparation of MoS2, FeAs2, or Re4Mo nanoparticles of similar size as the pristine metals (≤10 nm).

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Keywords: base metals; nanoparticles; sodium naphthalenide; synthetic methods

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