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Synthesis and Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles with Surface Ligands Derived from a Primary Phosphine

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Reduction of HAuCl· 3H2O with NaBH4 in THF/H2O in the presence of the primary phosphine PH2Mes* (Mes* = 2,4,6-(t-Bu)3C6H2) gave a mixture of ca. 1.3 nm diameter gold nanoparticles (1) and the known oligomers [Au(PHMes*)]n (2). Nanoclusters 1 might contain phosphido (PHMes*) or phosphinidene (PMes*) surface ligands, or both; they were characterized by elemental analysis, TGA, XPS, TEM, NMR, IR, and UV–Vis spectroscopies, and by their reactions with dodecanethiol, which gave PH2Mes*. Solid-state 31P-NMR cross-polarization studies of 1 and 1D (prepared using NaBD4 and PD2Mes* in THF/D2O) were consistent with the presence of phosphinidene surface groups.

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We thank Charles Daghlian and Ursula Gibson for assistance with TEM and XPS and the National Science Foundation, the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, and NSERC (Canada) for support.

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Stefanescu, D.M., Glueck, D.S., Siegel, R. et al. Synthesis and Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles with Surface Ligands Derived from a Primary Phosphine. J Clust Sci 19, 445–458 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-008-0186-5

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