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N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes: Dual Reagents for the Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles.

Authors :
Hippolyte L
Sadek O
Ba Sowid S
Porcheron A
Bridonneau N
Blanchard S
Desage-El Murr M
Gatineau D
Gimbert Y
Mercier D
Marcus P
Chauvier C
Chanéac C
Ribot F
Fensterbank L
Source :
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) [Chemistry] 2023 Aug 15; Vol. 29 (46), pp. e202301610. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 14.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have drawn considerable interest in the field of nanomaterials chemistry as highly stabilizing ligands enabling the formation of strong and covalent carbon-metal bonds. Applied to gold nanoparticles synthesis, the most common strategy consists of the reduction of a preformed NHC-Au <superscript>I</superscript> complex with a large excess of a reducing agent that makes the particle size difficult to control. In this paper, we report the straightforward synthesis of NHC-coated gold nanoparticles (NHC-AuNPs) by treating a commercially available gold(I) precursor with an easy-to-synthesize NHC-BH <subscript>3</subscript> reagent. The latter acts as both the reducing agent and the source of surface ligands operating under mild conditions. Mechanistic studies including NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry demonstrate that the reduction of gold(I) generates NHC-BH <subscript>2</subscript> Cl as a by-product. This strategy gives efficient control over the nucleation and growth of gold particles by varying the NHC-borane/gold(I) ratio, allowing unparalleled particle size variation over the range of 4.9±0.9 to 10.0±2.7 nm. Our strategy also allows an unprecedented precise and controlled seeded growth of gold nanoparticles. In addition, the as-prepared NHC-AuNPs exhibit narrow size distributions without the need for extensive purification or size-selectivity techniques, and are stable over months.<br /> (© 2023 The Authors. Chemistry - A European Journal published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1521-3765
Volume :
29
Issue :
46
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
37265455
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202301610