Solvent Diversity in the Preparation of Alkanethiol-capped Gold Nanoparticles. An Approach with a Gold(I) Thiolate Complex

Sugie A; Yamanaka T; Kumazawa K; Hatta T; Ueda Y; Kanie K; Muramatsu A; Mori A

Chemistry Letters, Vol.39, No.4, 319-321, 2010

DOI10.1246/cl.2010.319 Export Citation

Solvent Diversity in the Preparation of Alkanethiol-capped Gold Nanoparticles. An Approach with a Gold(I) Thiolate Complex

Sugie A, Yamanaka T, Kumazawa K, Hatta T, Ueda Y, Kanie K, Muramatsu A, Mori A

The reaction of highly soluble gold(I) thiolate complex of tributylphosphine or 2-aminoethanol with a reducing agent gives gold nanoparticles. The complex is soluble in various solvents such as hexane, toluene, THF, Et2O, and water.