Issue 92, 2017
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Chemical Communications

Optically active histidin-2-ylidene stabilised gold nanoparticles†

Adam J. Young, ORCID logo a   Christopher J. Serpell, ORCID logo b   Jia Min Chin ORCID logo *a  and  Michael R. Reithofer ORCID logo *ac  

* Corresponding authors

a Gray Centre for Advanced Materials, School of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK
E-mail: j.chin@hull.ac.uk

b University of Kent, School of Physical Sciences, Ingram Building Canterbury, Kent, UK

c Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Waehringer Strasse 42, 1090 Vienna, Austria
E-mail: michael.reithofer@univie.ac.at

Abstract

Drawing from the natural amino acid chiral pool, L and D histidines were utilized as chiral NHC ligands in the synthesis of NHC-stabilized chiroptical gold nanoparticles. Centrifugal size selection afforded monodisperse gold nanoparticles which display mirrored signals in CD spectroscopy.

Graphical abstract: Optically active histidin-2-ylidene stabilised gold nanoparticles

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC07602A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Sep 2017
Accepted
19 Oct 2017
First published
19 Oct 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 12426-12429

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Optically active histidin-2-ylidene stabilised gold nanoparticles

A. J. Young, C. J. Serpell, J. M. Chin and M. R. Reithofer, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 12426 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC07602A

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