Issue 16, 2014

Reactivity of gold nanoparticles towards N-heterocyclic carbenes

Abstract

The reaction of gold nanoparticles with benzimididazol-2-ylidene ligands leads to the formation of well-defined bis-carbene gold(I) complexes, as shown by characterization techniques such as powder XRD and solid state NMR.

Graphical abstract: Reactivity of gold nanoparticles towards N-heterocyclic carbenes

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Dec 2013
Accepted
06 Jan 2014
First published
07 Jan 2014

Dalton Trans., 2014,43, 5978-5982

Reactivity of gold nanoparticles towards N-heterocyclic carbenes

M. Rodríguez-Castillo, D. Laurencin, F. Tielens, A. van der Lee, S. Clément, Y. Guari and S. Richeter, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 5978 DOI: 10.1039/C3DT53579G

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