title: On the use of amine-borane complexes to synthesize iron nanoparticles.
abstract: The effectiveness of amine-borane as reducing agent for the synthesis of iron nanoparticles has been investigated. Large (2-4 nm) Fe nanoparticles were obtained from [Fe{N(SiMe3)2}2]. Inclusion of boron in the nanoparticles is clearly evidenced by extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy and Mössbauer spectrometry. Furthermore, the reactivity of amine-borane and amino-borane complexes in the presence of pure Fe nanoparticles has been investigated. Dihydrogen evolution was observed in both cases, which suggests the potential of Fe nanoparticles to promote the release of dihydrogen from amine-borane and amino-borane moieties.
authors.affiliation: CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination), 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pelletier
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ciuculescu
authors.forename: Jean-Gabriel
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Mattei
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lecante
authors.forename: Marie-José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Casanove
authors.forename: Nader
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yaacoub
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Greneche
authors.forename: Carolin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmitz-Antoniak
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Amiens
mesh_terms: D001880:Boranes / Q000737:chemistry*; D001896:Boron Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D015204:Spectroscopy, Mossbauer; D056928:X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy
chemical_list: D001880:Boranes; D001896:Boron Compounds; D007501:Iron