title: Tailor-made N-heterocyclic carbenes for nanoparticle stabilization.
abstract: N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) represent a leading class of ligands in organometallic chemistry, but have been rarely exploited as stabilizers for metal nanoparticles (NPs). We report the first example of NHC stabilized Pd-NPs that demonstrate long term stability. These NHC Pd-NPs were synthesized by a facile ligand exchange protocol using rationally designed long chained NHCs (LC-NHCs). Furthermore, we demonstrate that the surface modification of Pd-NPs results in significant chemoselectivity in a model reaction.
authors: Organic Chemistry Institute, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 40, 48149 Münster, Germany. glorius@uni-muenster.de b.j.ravoo@uni-muenster.de.
authors: Christian
authors: C
authors: Richter
authors: Kira
authors: K
authors: Schaepe
authors: Frank
authors: F
authors: Glorius
authors: Bart Jan
authors: BJ
authors: Ravoo