Issue 91, 2014
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Chemical Communications

Sodium borohydride stabilizes very active gold nanoparticle catalysts†

Christophe Deraedt,a   Lionel Salmon,b   Sylvain Gatard,a   Roberto Ciganda,ac   Ricardo Hernandez,c   Jaime Ruiza  and  Didier Astruc*a  

* Corresponding authors

a ISM, UMR CNRS No. 5255, Univ. Bordeaux, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
E-mail: d.astruc@ism.u-bordeaux.fr
Fax: +33-5-4000-2994

b Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS UPR-8241 and Université de Toulouse, UPS, INP, F-31077 Toulouse, France

c Facultad de Química de San Sebastian, Universidad del País Vasco, Apdo. 1072, 20080 San Sebastian, Spain

Abstract

Long-term stable 3 nm gold nanoparticles are prepared by a simple reaction between HAuCl4 and sodium borohydride in water under ambient conditions which very efficiently catalyze 4-nitrophenol reduction to 4-nitroaniline.

Graphical abstract: Sodium borohydride stabilizes very active gold nanoparticle catalysts

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC05946H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 Jul 2014
Accepted
22 Sep 2014
First published
22 Sep 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 14194-14196

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Sodium borohydride stabilizes very active gold nanoparticle catalysts

C. Deraedt, L. Salmon, S. Gatard, R. Ciganda, R. Hernandez, J. Ruiz and D. Astruc, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 14194 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC05946H

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