Sodium borohydride stabilizes very active gold nanoparticle catalysts

C. Deraedt (1) , L. Salmon (2) , S. Gatard (1, 3) , R. Ciganda (4, 1) , R. Hernandez (4) , J. Ruiz (1) , Dominique Astruc (1)

1 ISM - Institut des Sciences Moléculaires
2 LCC - Laboratoire de chimie de coordination
3 ICMR - Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Reims - UMR 7312
4 Facultad de Quimica de San Sebastian, Universidad del Pais Vasco

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.

Domaines: Chimie de coordination

C. Deraedt, L. Salmon, S. Gatard, R. Ciganda, R. Hernandez, et al.. Sodium borohydride stabilizes very active gold nanoparticle catalysts. Chemical Communications, 2014, 50 (91), pp.14194-14196. ⟨10.1039/C4CC05946H⟩. ⟨hal-02007956⟩